Rep. Kirby proposes the following amendment (LC-39.WAB0298H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, Section 59-8-140, by adding a subsection to read:

 (G) All Education Service Providers, whether public or private, that receive any public funds from an ESTF account are subject to:

  (1) the provisions of the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act; and

  (2) the "whistleblower" employment protections provided in Chapter 27, Title 8, notwithstanding the exclusion of nonpublic, private corporations from those protections in Section 8-27-50.