Lawmakers are trying to figure out how to deal with cutting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the budget and schools are taking a hard hit (and already have).

Here are a few suggestions from members of a House Ways and Means subcommittee:

1) eliminating the last five days of school which would save $21 million a day in salaries and transportation
2)  Reducing the number of courses required for students to graduate.  At first I was livid about this idea, but apparently South Carolina currently requires more credits than any other state (24).  While it still doesn’t sound like a great idea, at least it shouldn’t put us further behind other states.

Then again, when our state continuously ranks at the bottom of education quality lists…we need all we have and can get to improve our education system.

My mom has been a teacher for fourteen years so I know how hard teachers work and how much they are already asked to do.  I applaud you.  Don’t think I have the patience for a classroom full of 25-30 kids!

Lawmakers have to cut something…what do you think of their suggestions and what ideas do you have?