SCHEA is a statewide nonprofit organization that’s been providing valuable services and support to South Carolina home educators since 1987. We monitor legislation in order to preserve homeschool rights in South Carolina and encourage homeschool families and the organizations that serve them. SCHEA was formed in 1987 to support home educators in South Carolina and to perform a lead role in creating legal protection for home education in South Carolina. SCHEA, working with many other concerned individuals and organizations, was instrumental in convincing the state legislature to create the first South Carolina law requiring recognition of home schooling in 1988. Today, committed volunteer homeschool families from across the state continue to work through SCHEA to create opportunities, give support to the homeschool community, and promote an accurate and favorable image of home education in South Carolina.