...allowing voters to elect the governor and lieutenant governor on the same ticket; letting the governor appoint the education superintendent; merging the probation and prisons agencies; and - her top priority - putting much of the state's bureaucracy...

...House-passed legislation creating the Department of Administration, allowing governors to appoint the state's education superintendent, merging the state's prisons and parole agencies and electing governors and lieutenant governors on the...

...able to determine whether students transfer to another school or adult education program or truly drop out.Education Superintendent Mick Zais gave no explanation for the improvement, but he called it critical to improving graduating rates...

...less than $35,000 yearly, according to the state Budget and Control Board.On special education services, education Superintendent Mick Zais asked senators last week to add $36 million to the budget, after the federal education agency denied...

...in mostly wealthier districts from losing out in an education funding formula. Haley said she'll work with Education Superintendent Mick Zais to revamp the formula so districts don't need that adjustment."We shouldn't be holding harmless...

...English and math tests. That has led to a hue and cry from many in the education community, including the state education superintendents in Georgia and South Carolina."For the federal government to label a school as 'failing' when it meets...

...Leventis, D-Sumter) requested information on personnel policies, contracts and the activities of state Education Superintendent Mick Zais.Leventis was told it would cost more than $498.000 to obtain and copy the information. State...

...She also wants joint elections for governors and lieutenant governors, the power to appoint the state's education superintendent and a merger of the state's probation agency into the prison system."Before getting started on anything...

...and lieutenant governors should be elected jointly and give the governor the power to appoint the state's education superintendent.Haley, a member of a Lexington County ABATE group, said she still wants people to wear helmets. "I want...

...that the company has land under contract but says no tenants are signed up yet.In other newsSOUTH CAROLINA Education Superintendent Mick Zais remains in a Columbia hospital with flu-like symptoms. Zais has been battling the illness for a...