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Here are news articles pertaining to the tuition tax credit/voucher debate, published in various newspapers and organized here by date.

News articles 2005
Need for school reform is urgent, The Sun News, 05/20/05
New tuition tax credit bill introduced, The State, 05/08/05
Black Baptists replace leader who had backed 'Put Parents in Charge', The State, 05/07/05
Report finds tax plan too costly, The State, 04/27/05
School choice plan may cost $500 million, The Herald Journal, 04/27/05
House split on tuition credit bill, The State, 04/20/05
Changes to school tax plan doesn't change minds, The Independent Mail, 04/20/05
Panel wants test run of school tax credits, The Post and Courier, 04/19/05
Tryout of tuition tax credit proposed, The State, 04/19/05
House committee makes school choice bill two-district pilot, The State, 04/19/05
Tuition tax credit plan heads to House, The Herald Journal, 04/19/05
Gifts drive school debate, The State, 04/18/05
Interest groups fund school debate, The State, 04/18/05
Group under fire for pushing Sanford plan, The Herlad Journal, 04/17/05
Sanford, Tenenbaum talk about school tax credit bill, The State, 04/07/05
Public debates tuition tax credits, The State, 04/07/05
Tax credit legislation subject of debate, The Post and Courier, 04/07/05
Barker disavows "Clemson" study, The Greenville News, 04/05/05
Clemson keeps its distance from professor's study, The Herald Journal, 04/02/05
Clemson officials are bristling over a television commercial, The Greenville News, 04/02/05
Tenenbaum, parents speak out against bill, The Herald Journal, 03/11/05
Manager demoted in letter hoax, The State, 03/08/05
Tenenbaum, Maguire debate tuition credits, The Independent Mail, 03/04/05
Letter about tax credits angers lawmakers, The State, 03/04/05
School-choice plan tests comprehension, The Greenville News, 03/03/05
Some in GOP balk at amount of money tax breaks could divert, The State, 03/01/05
School choice: A matter of perspective, The Herald Journal, 02/27/05
Tuition bill more about taxes than education, The Item, 02/21/05
Point of effort is to "care more about the kids than the system", The State, 02/20/05
Parents puzzle over equations in school choice bill, The Greenville News, 02/19/05
6 of 7 area politicians oppose tuition tax credit, The Charlotte Observer, 02/16/05
Study critical of Sanford's school choice plan, The Post & Courier, 02/08/05
Group opposes Sanford's reforms, The Sun News, 02/05/05
Local solons question governor's budget, plans for state's public schools, The Times and Democrat, 02/04/05
Upstate lawmakers back out of vouchers bill, The Greenville News, 02/04/05
State orders private school out of choice program, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01/28/05
Groups push Put Parents in Charge Act, The State, 01/25/05
Tuition bill back in House for 2nd go-round, The Sun News, 01/18/05
Parents square off on schools, The Herald, 01/11/05
Education bill draws parental ire, The Herald, 01/09/05
Public educators dislike tax-credit proposal, Anderson Independent Mail, 01/04/05
A tale of three states The State, 01/03/05
Tuition tax credits The State, 01/03/05
Universal tuition tax credits The State, 01/03/05
School choice - War of words, ideas escalates The State, 01/03/05
Debate rages over school tax credit bill, The Post & Courier, 01/02/05
News articles 2004
Gov. Sanford & Leaders observe voucher program in Milwaukee, The State, 12/16/04
Governor says 'Put Parents in Charge', News Channel 7, 12/05/04
Graham questions Sanford education tax-credit plan, The State, 11/19/04
State House Report, The Beaufort Gazette, 11/15/04
Arguments over school choice, credits reignite before session, The Myrtle Beach News, 10/31/04
Sanford pitches ambitious education plan, The Greenville News, 10/21/04
Report ranks S.C. school performance near top half of states nationally, The Post & Courier, 9/9/04
Out-of-state groups push school bill, The State, 7/25/04
Florida's universal scholarship program news coverage, The Palm Beach Post
Education Week voucher news coverage (access requires registration)


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