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nuzum @nuzum.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The House has already filed a draft budget, which the Senate is debating this week. And legislators are already trying to file sweeping changes to education policy under “one-year” budget amendments. 1/2

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What are Budget Provisos?

South Carolina uses "temporary" budget amendments to create lasting policy without a transparent process.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Senate Bill 508 will be discussed tomorrow (Tuesday, March 17, 2026 3:00 p.m. in Room 105 of the Gressette Building). The bill prohibits any updates, including updates to improve the historical accuracy, to historical monuments. 1/

First of a series of slides on S. 508. The slides feature examples of monuments in SC that could use context. Under the bill, organizations other than the state legislature will not be able to add additional context.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The committee is now moving to S. 692, the school voucher bill. At the end of discussing the “bathroom bill,” a large group including several “Moms for Liberty” shirts immediately left the rooms 10/

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Senate Education Committee is currently debating amendments to the anti-LGBTQ+ “bathroom bill” H. 4756. 1/

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This week (starting Tuesday, March 10) the first budget deliberations will be held on the floor of the SC House. The graphic below is also available as a PDF under the “Resources” tab at ProTruthSC.org (link in bio). 1/4

This flowchart shows the process by which an SC budget bill is drafted and becomes law. A PDF is available at this link: https://irp.cdn-website.com/88a58afd/files/uploaded/Budget+Graphic+%281%29.pdf

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Check out our latest blog post: www.protruthsc.org/zooming-out

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Zooming Out

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scunitedlgbtq.bsky.social @scunitedlgbtq.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

📣 URGENT ASKS for a busy week ahead. ✍️ Write the committee: bit.ly/4lcUcBr ☎️ Use our call script and phone list to call: bit.ly/3OUBnab ❗️ If you get a response via email or get someone on the phone, forward it/tell us via email at info@southcarolinaunited.org

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

🧵My pal, @joclasp.bsky.social, hosted a drag queen book club for our organization, @midlandsapple.bsky.social, today at Yew Belong Community Center, where she highlighted 'Flamer' by @mikecurato.bsky.social. This important text was recently banned by our state superintendent of education... #MomSky

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

A Senate education committee will meet 2/19 to discuss amendments to South Carolina’s existing school voucher law. Please contact members of the committee before 2/18 to urge them to amend the existing law by… 1/5

Screenshot of the agenda for the 2/19 meeting of the SC senate ed committee.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

SC Senators discuss potential (and predictable) violations of SC’s unconstitutional school voucher law. Public funds should benefit students in a way that is transparent and accountable. The new law is neither. youtu.be/hVdf0RhaKTE

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SC Senators discuss potential violations of school voucher law

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Correction: the email address in the image should read 3M1Health@schouse.gov

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Please email 3M1health@schouse.gov by 3PM to share feedback on H. 4757, the so-called “parental rights” censorship bill. 1/

Graphic about SC House Bill 4747. Description in text of post.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

A speaker defends the inclusion of The Bluest Eye in high school, saying teachers who choose it are helping their students learn to read “challenging” texts. 10/

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The State Board of Education has called on Beaufort Schools to reconsider book challenges it previously considered. The Board is hearing public comment now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6E...

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Beaufort County Board of Education Work Session 8:30AM

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

My National Book Award-winning novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club was banned statewide in South Carolina because it includes descriptions of "sexual conduct." Why are book banners so scared of sex? I wrote about this in the @scdailygazette.com today. scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...

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An author responds: Why is sex so scary to book banners? • SC Daily Gazette

Commentary from Malinda Lo, the author of one of the books the State Board of Education ruled must be pulled from K-12 library shelves.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I was really hoping SC would rethink its horrible book banning law but they did not. Today, Last Night at the Telegraph Club joins 9 more books that are banned statewide in South Carolina, making SC the #1 state in statewide bans, with 21 titles banned overall. This is a travesty and a tragedy.

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

NEW: With a State Board of Education vote to remove 10 more books from all K-12 public schools today, South Carolina now leads the nation in state-mandated book bans. www.aclusc.org/en/press-rel...

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South Carolina now leads nation in state-mandated school book bans

COLUMBIA – On May 6, 2025, the South Carolina Board of Education voted to remove 10 books from all public schools for all grade levels. This brings the total to 22 books removed or restricted

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

While we were waiting, we spent some time in the lobby reading banned books with our friends from @protruthsc.bsky.social, @midlandsapple.bsky.social, Families Against Book Bans, and Liberation Is Lit 📖

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nuzum @nuzum.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The SC Board of Education is about to come out of over 2 hours in executive session. Presumably they were discussing or receiving legal advice about 43-170, the book ban regulation. Live stream will be here: ed.sc.gov/state-board/...

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State Board of Education Video

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The State Board of Education meets today, starting with a 9 am committee meeting. Will board members revisit their book banning rule Regulation 43-170, which has led to the removal or restriction of 12 books from all schools so far? Updates in this thread. ed.sc.gov/state-board/...

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NPR @npr.org · 01/05/2025

Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.

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Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health

Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Our SC Board of Education will have an executive session Tues, May 6 to discuss the book ban regulation. Please email your Board rep before that date to urge them to amend the regulation to align with existing state obscenity laws. Email addresses can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Graphic contains a slightly more wordy version to the post text. From Freedom to Read SC.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The Board’s next meeting is Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM 849 Learning Lane West Columbia, SC 29172 Please see our email template for contact information. Reach out to your Board member to thank them for delaying consideration on the 10 challenged books. 1/2 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A graphic showing Board member Christian Hanley and Superintendent Ellen Weaver, along with the text of this post.

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Subcommittee members said they received more than 70 messages about this bill. Let's keep them coming. You can submit your comments on H. 4123 to this email address, and your message will go to all 5 subcommittee members: HJudAICyberSpecialLaws@schouse.gov

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

ACLU-SC Advocacy Director Josh Malkin: "Voting yes to House Bill 4123 is an enormous and unconstitutional step in the wrong direction."

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The SC Senate is currently discussing S. 62, the private school voucher bill. 1/ www.scstatehouse.gov/video/chambe...

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

In a March 14 memo, SC’s Superintendent of Education moved to prohibit representation of and services for transgender students in SC public schools. To transgender, non-binary, and gender-conforming students, friends, family, and neighbors, we see you and are with you. CW: transphobic language. 1/2

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

From ACLU-SC Executive Director Jace Woodrum: “Superintendent Weaver may think she is chief of the speech police, but the First Amendment's guarantees do not end at the classroom door. This attempt to limit speech and create a political echo chamber within South Carolina's public school system...

Post and Courier headline: Weaver directs SC education department not to use terms about race and gender 'ideologies'
By Ian Grenier igrenier@postandcourier.com
4 hrs ago

COLUMBIA — Staff at the S.C. Department of Education have been prohibited from using language related to certain "ideologies" about race or gender in department documents or their communications, according to a March memo from state Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver.

That memo also says the department can't include "gender" or "gender identity" in surveys, forms or other data collection efforts, and can only offer binary options of "male" or "female" when collecting data about sex.

The directives comes amid a crackdown on the presence in schools of ideas related to diversity, equity or inclusion from President Donald Trump's new administration, which Weaver cites as prompting her memo.

The memo includes what it calls a non-exhaustive list of terms that may not be used for risk of jeopardizing federal funding, including "antiracism," "social-emotional learning," "diversity, equity and inclusion" and "critical theory."

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Debate on amendments has ended. House members now have an hour to speak for and an hour to speak against the anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion bill. 1/

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

You'll notice a large number of desks on the State House floor are sitting empty. That's because many members of the majority party have left the chamber for lunch during debate on the bill to dismantle Diversity Equity & Inclusion programs.

A representative rises to speak from the House floor, where most desks are empty

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The House has resumed debate on the bill attacking Diversity Equity & Inclusion programs, H. 3927. Livestream here: www.scstatehouse.gov/video/chambe...

A state lawmaker speaks at the well in a screenshot of the State House live video stream

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

If you are able, please come to the State House this afternoon (4/2, around 4:30) to support opponents of the anti-DEI bill. State House second floor lobby Wear Black to show solidarity

Graphic containing the same text in this post, with an image of the SC State House.

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Good news today: The State Board of Education postponed a vote on the 10 books that were proposed for a statewide ban today. Board members also indicated their willingness to revisit Regulation 43-170, which opened the floodgates for book banners when it passed last year.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

After passionate public comment and a thoughtful discussion led by Dr. O’Shields and new member Rev. Tony Vincent, the Board voted to postpone decisions on these ten books. 1/3

A graphic showing ten challenged books and the words safe for now

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Wow, I believe that the South Carolina state board of education just voted to postpone voting on whether they would ban 10 more books (including Last Night at the Telegraph Club) and maybe revisit the regulation that got the books challenged. I totally did not expect this!! A partial victory?

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Beaufort County Democratic Party @beaufortcountydems.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

““770,000 plus students lost access to books that one parent complained about, and that just feels very un-American,” says Mary Foster, with the group “Families Against Book Bans” out of Beaufort, SC.” Proud of local org FABB for standing up for all SC children💙 www.abccolumbia.com/2025/02/19/s...

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SC House Dems call for amendments to public schools' book banning process - ABC Columbia

"This legislation really is about protecting and having the backs of librarians across our state," says Bauer.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

South Carolina will decide next Tuesday 4/1 whether to ban 10 more books statewide including Last Night at the Telegraph Club. If they do ban these books, they will take the lead over Utah in having the most number of books banned statewide. A dubious distinction!

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

If you're in South Carolina, you can ask your board of education to stop banning books. cc: @authorsabb.bsky.social

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The SC Board of Education will consider a single parent’s challenges to 10 more books on Tues, 4/1 at 1PM. If they uphold committee recommendations, all of the books will be banned from every SC public school. Please contact your board member before the meeting: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A graphic featuring Superintendent Ellen Weaver and Instructional Materials Review Committee Chair Christian Hanley.

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Local library patrons are suing officials in South Carolina’s most populous county for systematically purging literature by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people from its public library collection. We're proud to represent them.

"Filed: Library Patrons Sue Greenville County Over Widespread Removals and Restrictions of LGBTQ Books." Background is a grayscale photo of library stacks.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Rep. Steven Long, attempting to defend attempts to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion: “The smallest minority group is the individual.” www.wspa.com/news/state-n...

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SC House has first day of debate for DEI bill

A heated debate occurred on the senate floor over a bill which could impact every business, school, and state agency in South Carolina.

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ProTruthSC @protruthsc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The House debate on H. 3927, which prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in state, “quasi-state” and educational entities, is beginning now. 1/ Video: www.scstatehouse.gov/video/chambe...

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