This article was originally published in SC Daily Gazette.
COLUMBIA — A Pennsylvania billionaire will cover this year’s private tuition costs for South Carolina students who lost their taxpayer-funded scholarships when the state Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional.
A $900,000 donation from Jeff Yass, the co-founder of a global investment firm, will keep students impacted by last month’s ruling in their private school through at least this semester, the Palmetto Promise Institute announced Thursday…