In testimony before the South Carolina State Senate Education Funding Reform Study Committee, Aaron Garth Smith:
1) Highlights the key shortcomings of South Carolina’s current school finance formula;
2) Provides a case study of California’s Local Control Funding Formula as a model for reform that could work in South Carolina;
3) And reviews opportunities for South Carolina to make school finance reforms that streamline funding, improve transparency and flexibility, and equalize local dollars.
Testimony: How to Reform South Carolina’s School Finance System