These sections of SC Law may help you to understand why the local district wants to verify your homeschool association, at the beginning of the school year.

 

SECTION  59 -65-240. Census of children not enrolled in public schools; list submitted to attendance supervisor. [SC ST SEC  59 -65-240]

 

Within thirty days after the opening date of each school year of each public school district in the State in which a public school is being operated, the trustees or other governing board thereof shall make or cause to be made a complete census of all children of school age therein, that is, between the years of seven and sixteen years, inclusive, who have not enrolled in such school district or in some other district during the thirty-day enrollment period. The names, ages, places of residence and names of the parents or guardians of such children of school age not enrolled shall be forthwith filed with the county superintendent of education, who shall thereupon consolidate all of such names of children in alphabetical order into one list and certify the list to the attendance supervisor of the county.

 

SECTION  59 -65-250. Cooperation between attendance supervisors and county and district agencies and the like. [SC ST SEC  59 -65-250]

 

The county attendance supervisor whose salary shall be paid from State funds and such other attendance supervisors as may be employed by the county or school districts therein shall cooperate with the social and civic organizations and agencies of the county or district, as well as with the trustees of the several school districts in the county.

 

SECTION  59 -65-260. Duties of attendance supervisor relating to nonattending children. [SC ST SEC  59 -65-260]

 

The attendance supervisor shall, upon receiving the list of nonattending children from the county superintendent of education, contact as rapidly as possible the parents or guardians of such nonattending children with the object in mind of interesting nonattending children in school work, and influencing them by means of persuasion to attend school regularly.  All principals shall report to such attendance supervisor on continuous absences which appear to be unwarranted, and the attendance supervisor shall make an earnest effort to have enrolled and keep enrolled all children of school age in the county.

 

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