The South Carolina Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Henry McMaster’s SAFE Grants program, which would provide scholarships to enable families struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep their children in nonpublic schools.

The court issued a unanimous decision Wednesday after hearing arguments in the case last month.

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