South Carolina Compulsory Attendance Law
SC Code of Law 59-65-10
"South Carolina Compulsory Attendance Law requires that a parent or guardian shall require his child to attend regularly a public or private school or kindergarten of this State which has been approved by the State Board of Education, a member school of the South Carolina Independent Schools and Assocation, a member of the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools, or some similar organization, or a parochial, denominational, or church-related school, or other programs which have been approved by the State Board of Education from the school year in which the child is five years of age before September first until the child attains his seventeenth birthday or graduates from high school."
Attendance in South Carolina is Compulsory for students who turn 5 years of age before September 1st. However, in some circumstances parents elect to forfeit their child's kindergarten opportunity. To do so, you must complete the following form and submit to the Office of Student Services: File: JE-E
