Fellow South Carolinians,

While Governor Sanford refuses to accept federal stimulus funds from President Obama's Recovery Act that can be used to save teaching jobs and build new schools, South Carolina's unemployment rate has risen to the 2nd highest in the nation at 10.5%.
Stand up for South Carolina's schools today. Sign the petition to make "high quality education" our standard for public education instead of "minimally adequate education."
Sign the petition right now at www.GoodbyeMinimallyAdequate.com

Thank you,
Senator John Matthews
Representative James Smith
Representative Bakari Sellers
Representative Anton Gunn

Education Petition

Emails are being sent out for people to sign a petition to support a constitutional amendment to insert the words "high quality education" in South Carolina's constitution, replacing the current standard of "a minimally adequate education."

The petition asks the legislature to allow the people of South Carolina to vote on this amendment in the 2010 election, and the principal sponsors of this legislation are State Senator John Matthews Senate District 39 and Representative James Smith House District 72.

Go to www.GoodbyeMinimallyAdequate.com to view or sign the petition.

Will this make a difference in our schools? Post your thoughts here in the comments.