1. Date of enactment of first compulsory attendance law.

2. Ages 6–16 or 10th grade completion.

3. Must complete school year.

4. The parent or person having control of a child five years of age shall have the option of not sending the child to school until the child is six years of age and the parent or person having control of a child six years of age shall have the option of not sending the child to school until the child is seven years of age.

5. May terminate beginning at 16 with parental consent.

6. An individual is required to stay in school until he or she: graduates; is between 16 and 18 and meets the requirements for an exit interview; or reaches at least 18 years of age. Withdrawal before 18 requires parent/guardian's and principal's written permission.

7. At least 16 and 17 with parental consent.

8. “A child between the ages of 17 and 18 may withdraw from school prior to graduation with the written consent of his parents, tutor, or legal guardian.”

9. Age 16 and completion of eighth grade.

10. In South Carolina, kindergarten is mandatory. However, state statutes permit parental waiver for kindergarten at age five.

11. A parent or guardian who believes that such parent’s or guardian’s child is not ready to attend school at the designated age of mandatory attendance may make application to the principal of the public school which the child would attend for a one semester or one year deferral in required attendance.

12. For a student who is at least 16 years of age, there shall be a meeting of the student, the student’s parents, and the principal or his designee of the school in which the student is enrolled in which an individual student alternative education plan shall be developed in conformity with guidelines prescribed by the Board.

13. At least 16 if parent agrees, or child is emancipated, or has received certificate of competence.

14. Ages 7–16 or 10th grade completion.