South Carolina Homeschool Deadlines & Calendar

Varies by pathway. Option 1 - School Board Approval: "school district (tests are administered by a certified school district employee)"; Option 2 - SCAIHS: null; Option 3 - Accountability Association: null

• The semiannual progress report under 59-65-47(d)(3) is a records duty, not a test.
• The association sets its own academic standards as a condition of membership and may require more than the statute (for example testing). Those are membership terms, not statutory duties.

Frequency

Annual

See our full assessment guide for South Carolina for accepted test types and scoring details.

S.C. Code §59-65-47

These deadlines are for Option 3 - Accountability Association. South Carolina offers 3 pathways, and each may have different deadlines:

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  Option 1 - School Board Approval: You apply to your local school district board of trustees for approval of your home school program (S.C. Code 59-65-40). The program must have an instructional day of at least 4.5 hours (not counting lunch and recesses) and an instructional year of at least 180 days, and must teach reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, plus composition and literature in grades 7-12. You keep a plan book, a portfolio of your child's work, and a record of evaluations available for district inspection, and you submit a semiannual progress report to the district. Your child takes part in the annual statewide testing program, given by a certified school district employee either with public school students or at your child's place of instruction. The parent must have at least a high school diploma or GED, or a bachelor's degree.
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  Option 2 - SCAIHS: You teach under the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools (SCAIHS) (S.C. Code 59-65-45). Membership and continuing compliance with SCAIHS academic standards exempt you from the further requirements of Option 1, including its 4.5-hour day and testing. At a minimum, SCAIHS standards require a parent with at least a high school diploma or GED, an instructional year of at least 180 days, and a curriculum that includes reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, plus composition and literature in grades 7-12. SCAIHS may set additional requirements of its own. By January 30 each year, SCAIHS reports the number and grade level of its students to their school districts.
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  Option 3 - Accountability Association(this page): You teach under a homeschool association that has at least 50 members (S.C. Code 59-65-47). Membership and continuing compliance with the association's academic standards exempt you from the further requirements of Options 1 and 2, including Option 1's 4.5-hour day and testing. At a minimum, the association's standards require a parent with at least a high school diploma or GED, an instructional year of at least 180 days, a curriculum that includes reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies (plus composition and literature in grades 7-12), and records kept by the parent: a plan book, a portfolio of your child's work, and a semiannual progress report with attendance and documentation of academic progress. Your association may set additional requirements of its own. By January 30 each year, the association reports the number and grade level of its students to their school districts.

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