Information for Parents
This page has information you can use to help guide your child’s education and strengthen partnerships with teachers and other school leaders.
General Information for Parents and Fast Facts
Youth need an awareness of available education and employment opportunities.
School Calendars
The composite of local school calendars is a compilation of district start and end dates and holiday information.
Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA)
On May 27, 2005, Governor Mark Sanford signed the Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA), new legislation designed to give South Carolinians the educational tools they need to build prosperous, successful futures.
No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is now known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Safe Schools and Youth Services
The services provided by the Office of Safe Schools and Youth Services work toward achieving quality education and safer schools through a wide variety of strategies and approaches.
Qualification for free/reduced meals
See Article 7 Qualification for free/reduced meals
SC Uniform Grading Scale
SC Uniform Grading Scale
SC Commission for Minority Affairs
The South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs was created to provide the citizenry with a single point of contact for information regarding the State's minority population.
New Carolina Declaration
New Carolina Declaration. We, the tenacious people of New Carolina, declare independence from mediocrity. We will reach beyond past mistakes and build on historic successes toward a bright future that lifts our families, our schools, our businesses. From this day forward, we will demonstrate a new will and forge a new way. With tireless passion, bold leadership and decisive action, we will silence the nay-sayers, the doubters, the cynics. We will encourage the innovators and teachers, and celebrate the courageous. In doing so, we will become a leader in public education, entrepreneurial success, personal income and quality of life. Each day we will reach for, and push each other, until one day the world will acknowledge us as ‘The New Land of Opportunity.’ New energy. New ideas. New action. New Jobs.
South Carolina School Improvement Council
The South Carolina School Improvement Council serves as an advisory committee to a school's principal and faculty.
National Education Association
When parents are involved in their children's education, kids do better in school. Want to learn how to help your child achieve and succeed? Visit the National Education Association website
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
The mission of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is to improve learning by building capacity in schools, families, and communities through applied research and development.