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EOC Hires New Director

SC Education Oversight Committee Announces New Executive Director Columbia - Christopher Matthew Ferguson, J.D., has been named Executive Director…

2019 EIA Budget Recommendations

EOC policy and budget recommendations focused on improving student outcomes and strengthening the teaching profession EDITOR’S NOTE: The EOC held a…

Grants awarded to SC school districts

Grants awarded to SC school districts focused on improving four-year-old kindergarten quality Columbia – Awardees for the South Carolina Community…

Rep. Collins appointed to EOC

For Immediate Release – November 19, 2019 Rep. Neal Collins appointed to serve on EOC Columbia, SC – The Honorable Neal Collins, a state…

SC Report Cards show overall gains statewide

South Carolina Report Cards for schools show overall gains statewide System designed to measure and incentivize student success toward college and…

Rock Hill educator re-appointed to EOC

Columbia -- Patti Tate, Teacher and Advanced Studies Coordinator at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, has been re-appointed to serve on the…

Ten school districts added to Year 2 of eLearning pilot

Columbia -- Today, the Education Oversight Committee (EOC) announced that ten additional school districts have been approved to use eLearning…

Weaver elected to lead EOC as new chair

  Columbia – Ellen Weaver, Founding President and CEO of the Palmetto Promise Institute, has been elected as the new Chair of the South…

Couch re-elected Vice-Chair of EOC

  Columbia – Dr. Bob Couch, a state and national leader in career and technology education, has been re-appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the…

4K Grants awarded to SC districts

  Columbia -- Grants for the South Carolina Community Block Grant for Education Pilot Program were awarded to seven initiatives throughout…