A controversial Pennsylvania billionaire will help about 700 low-income students stay in South Carolina private schools through December.
The state-funded voucher program they were relying on to pay tuition was struck down last month by the S.C. Supreme Court. After the end of the semester, funding for the students is unclear.
Jeff Yass, a Wall Street titan from Haverford, Penn., has reportedly showered more than $130 million on Republican candidates and causes since 2020. This week, he gave $900,000 to the right-of-center nonprofit Palmetto Promise Institute (PPI) for use as tuition assistance through the end of this semester, according to the organization…