State worker bonuses, teacher pay raises. How SC will spend $9 billion
COLUMBIA, SC -- State workers, teachers and college students are winners in this years $9.3 billion state budget, which lawmakers gave final approval to Tuesday.
Thirty-two thousand S.C. state employees are slated to get a $600 one-time bonus added to a 2% pay raise this year after state lawmakers adopted the states spending plan which starts July 1.
The budget still needs Gov. Henry McMasters signature to become law, and he has the right to issue vetoes if he objects to any part of it. However, the governor and lawmakers have worked closely together on the budget, meaning its unlikely McMaster will have major objections to the spending plan.
But S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Darlington, said Tuesday he doesnt plan to call the House back until next January to take up the governors vetoes, barring an emergency.
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