SC superintendent wants to keep expanding state-funded teacher bonuses

SC superintendent wants to keep expanding state-funded teacher bonuses

State Superintendent Ellen Weaver presents a check to the teachers of Seven Oaks Global Magnet in Columbia, S.C., on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — State Superintendent Ellen Weaver will ask the Legislature for another $5 million to expand eligibility for performance-based bonuses after 400 teachers received a pay boost for the program’s inaugural year, she said Monday. The state Department of Education…