May 24, 2002
South Carolina's Colleges Wait as Lawmakers Wrangle Over Lottery Funds
Six months after South Carolina voters approved a lottery to raise funds for education, state lawmakers continue to haggle over how to spend the expected $172-million in annual profits from the game.
The debate, which pits the state's colleges and public schools against each other for the bulk of the new money, comes as South Carolina faces a $350-million budget deficit. The State Senate has proposed spending most of the lottery profits on college scholarships and endowed
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