Henry McMaster: “Providing students with access to breakfast at school will help ensure they have the support they need to focus, learn…”

This budget once again provides funds for the Education Scholarship Trust Fund.

Congratulations to UFP Packaging on this investment in Cherokee County. As our state continues to lead the country in manufacturing, we are proud to welcome 136 new, high-quality jobs to one of our rural counties.

That’s good news, because even when you count inflation, that’s gone up a whole lot.

At my request, the General Assembly began funding a school resource officer (SRO) grant program administered by the Department of Public Safety for public schools that did not have an assigned SRO.