COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Gov. Henry McMaster's spending proposal for South Carolina includes a five percent increase in pay for teachers and a $200 million rebate for taxpayers.

  • He released his proposal for the state's $9 billion budget 
  • The budget also offers a 6 percent increase in funding for colleges that agree to freeze tuition
  • Lawmakers will have final say

McMaster released his proposal for the state's $9 billion budget Tuesday. Lawmakers will have the final say.

McMaster's staff doesn't know the average rebate for each taxpayer because it will depend on how many income tax returns are filed for 2018. If approved, the checks would go out around December.

McMaster's budget also offers a six percent increase in funding for colleges that agree to freeze tuition.

On education, the governor proposes a less than one percent increase in the money that goes toward every public school student and a new $100 million Department of Commerce fund to bring businesses to the state's poorest school districts.

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