United to Counter The Common Core Agenda Through Mobilization

From the article: "The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that replaces Common Core education standards with those developed in South Carolina by the 2015-16 school year."

SC tries to schedule replacement of common core within two years by taking the time to write their own standards that will meet RTTT requirements. The bill requires technology spending in classrooms, which was key to winning over rural legislators.

http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/sc-senate-approves-replacing-common-core-in-1-year/

A story of the issues facing states who do repeal common core. From the article: "Sheri Few, a candidate for state superintendent, was a bit more cautious, and pointed out that Democrats had already expressed their intent to rebrand Common Core as the South Carolina standards. 

“It is all going to be determined by the new superintendent so it is critically important that we elect the right superintendent of education, otherwise we will end up just like Indiana, or Oklahoma, or Arizona with just a repackaging and rebranding,” said Few."

http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2014/05/23/bill-replace-common-core-headed-sc-governors-desk