SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL
CHOICE PROGRAMS
DISCOVER OPTIONS
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Education Savings Accounts
Proposed School Choice Program
The proposed bill would establish publicly funded education savings accounts that provide vouchers for students to attend or subsidize alternative educational options like private schools, online private schools, micro-schools, learning pods, and more.
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Charter Schools
Active School Choice Program
South Carolina has a robust public charter school system. What distinguishes charter schools is that they are allowed extra freedom to innovate with curriculum and learning methods in return for being held accountable for performance.
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Open Enrollment
Active School Choice Program
Open enrollment gives South Carolina parents the ability to send their K-12 student to a school of their choice even if the school is outside the school district they reside in.
Additional information about South Carolina’s current educational programs can be found at https://ed.sc.gov/.
Education Scholarship Grants
2023
Proposed
If passed, Senate Bill 39 would establish education savings accounts that would fund vouchers that South Carolina students use to attend or subsidize alternative educational options like brick-and-mortar private schools, online private schools, micro-schools, and learning pods. Families could also choose to use grant funding for transportation to and from eligible education programs.
Show your support for school choice in South Carolina by adding your voice to the growing number of South Carolinians that want to see expanded school choice in South Carolina.
South Carolina passed a charter school law in 1996, and today there are more than 50 established charter schools throughout South Carolina that focus on different academic areas. Students seeking more attention in literacy, or science, have the ability to apply at charter schools that best fit the needs of the student
Charter School Program
1996
ENACTED
South Carolina has open enrollment that allows students to pick the public school of their choice no matter where the school is located (within South Carolina), dependent on application status. Parents and their students can take advantage of this valuable option by visiting multiple public schools to discover which one is the best fit for their family and applying accordingly.