Home Schooling

Parents or guardians may choose to home school their children instead of enrolling them in a public, private, or parochial school. South Carolina statutes provide parents or guardians with three different options for home schooling their children. Option One allows the parents to home school their children under the auspices of a school district, if approved by the board of trustees. Under Option Two, parents may home school their children with the support of the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools. In Option Three, parents may choose a home school association which has no fewer than fifty members and meets the home school requirements. The parents or guardians select the particular home schooling option that is best for the children.

Each home school association listed on the South Carolina Department's Web site submits an Annual Standards Assurance form to ensure, at a minimum, that the association has met the requirements stated in S.C. Code Ann. §59-65-45 and 59-65-47. Links to the home school associations listed on the South Carolina Department's Web site are provided below.