An 18 year old, SC, high school student has filed a lawsuit in SC Supreme Court to force Gov. Sanford to use the $700 million for education. The SC Attorney General has said that this girl is graduating so she would not be a good representative in such a case. He argues this saying she will not see the benefits of the money so can't legitimately argue for it.
He also goes on to say that her lawsuit is premature. I find this ironic since the same Attorney General ruled last month that the SC legislature doesn't have the authority to accept the stimulus money for SC in the event that the SC gov. doesn't want to take it. SO, they have taken the steps to prevent the legislature from over-ruling the Gov. decision about stimulus money, but someone suing over concerns about the welfare of the education system if the Gov. doesn't accept the money is thinking to far into the future.
Playing politics with education. I guess Gov. Sanford is truly o.k. with only providing "adequate educational opportunities and facilities" for SC youth: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/20/ap6312446.html
Here is the link to the news story of the lawsuit:
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