SC lawmaker filed bill to remove provision barring student loan defaulters from getting government jobs
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A South Carolina lawmaker has filed a bill that would eliminate a provision barring pupil bank loan defaulters from getting a governing administration job in the condition.
State Representative Marvin Pendarvis submitted laws on Tuesday to get rid of what he called an obscure provision in South Carolina regulation that helps prevent any individual who has defaulted on their college student financial loans from staying employed by the point out.
The go comes soon after a best deputy with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Workplace, Joyce Smith, was allegedly terminated before this month for not paying out off her college student loans.
“This provision is outdated and illogical,” Rep. Pendarvis explained. “It doesn’t make perception why the state of South Carolina prevents student financial loan defaulters from functioning in state federal government. This disproportionately impacts minority career candidates, who are additional very likely to have scholar debt.”
Rep. Pendarvis reported, according to Lending Tree, South Carolinians owe a collective $26.2 billion in scholar loan debt. He mentioned the ordinary particular person in the point out owes much more than $36,000 in pupil financial loans.
