Rep. CALHOON proposes the following amendment (LC-62.PH0001H):

Amend the bill, after the title but before the enacting words, by striking the fourth undesignated paragraph and inserting:

Whereas, the General Assembly has carefully and respectfully crafted this act to comply with the South Carolina Supreme Court's interpretation of Article XI, Section 4 of the South Carolina Constitution in Eidson v. S.C. Dep't of Education, 906 S.E.2d 345 (S.C. 2024), and specifically finds that Chief Justice Kittredge'sthe dissenting opinion's description of the Education Scholarship Trust Fund program represents how the program created by this act is structured; and

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.