SC K-12 school voucher program hits 10,000-student cap, with thousands more rejected • SC Daily Gazette

SC K-12 school voucher program hits 10,000-student cap, with thousands more rejected • SC Daily Gazette

The state Department of Education has reached this year's legal limit of 10,000 students who can receive $7,500 to put toward private school tuition and other expenses. (File/Getty Images)COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s latest scholarship program for K-12 private tuition and other expenses reached its cap of 10,000 students for the year, according to the state Department of Education. That’s more than triple the number enrolled last year, when just …