{"id":3979,"date":"2026-07-31T13:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:10:23","slug":"sc-homeschoolers-and-school-vouchers-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3979","title":{"rendered":"SC homeschoolers and school vouchers. Here&#8217;s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A dispute between Senate Republicans and state Superintendent Ellen Weaver over her department\u2019s administration of the state\u2019s school voucher program, specifically as it relates to homeschool students, has been a major education storyline this legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3976\">Online requests expected to ease difficulties for Palmetto Trail hikers at Fort Jackson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some Senate lawmakers were surprised to learn earlier this year that <u>the Department of Education had awarded vouchers to more than 1,000 home-educated students<\/u>, whom they had intended to exclude from the program. While South Carolina\u2019s voucher law expressly prohibits participants from enrolling in traditional homeschool programs, the department\u2019s interpretation of the law allowed for the possibility that students could be homeschooled outside the traditional framework as \u201cunbundlers\u201d and remain eligible for scholarship assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey told Weaver in February she had created a \u201creal trust problem\u201d and that her department\u2019s stance was \u201cnot a faithful implementation of the law,\u201d warning <u>during a heated Senate Education panel<\/u> that it could sink her future agenda.<\/li>\n<li>In March, Senate Education Committee Chair Greg Hembree and a bipartisan group of senators <u>asked an independent state watchdog agency to investigate the school voucher program<\/u>. The Legislative Audit Council <u>approved the probe in late April<\/u>, with Director of Audits Marcia Lindsay saying investigators aimed to finish the investigation by year\u2019s end.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, a bill Hembree had introduced in January to permanently bar unbundlers from the program <u>stalled in the Senate Education Committee<\/u>, prompting him to shift focus to passing a temporary budget measure to restrict their participation.<\/li>\n<li>The Senate in April <u>adopted Hembree\u2019s budget proviso<\/u>, which grandfathered in roughly 1,000 current unbundlers, but prohibited the department from awarding scholarships to any additional home-educated students.<\/li>\n<li>Budget negotiators <u>killed the Senate proviso<\/u> in late July, ruling it violated a House rule requiring that temporary provisions be \u201cdirectly germane to the appropriation of funds.\u201d The decision cleared the way for all 2,524 homeschool students awarded scholarships for the fall to participate in the program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3974\">SC teacher left student at farm, suit says. Now district is overcharging for records<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC lawmakers butted heads with the Department of Education this year over homeschoolers receiving school vouchers. 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