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Membership Requirements

Membership is Open to Persons Who:

*Demonstrate an active, supportive interest in homeschooling and in this association

*Pay the current annual dues

*Adhere to the LCHEA Statement of Faith, LCHEA Bylaws, and LCHEA Code of Conduct

*Abide by South Carolina homeschool laws

Taken from Article V, Section 1, LCHEA Bylaws
Except as noted below, all persons who desire to gain membership in this Association may become a member by:
a. signing the application which indicates a concurrence with the written Statement of Faith, Code of Conduct, Bylaws, and Guidelines of the Association;
b. paying annual dues, the amount of which will be approved by the Officers;
c. demonstrating an active, supportive interest in home schooling and this Association; and,
d. adhering to South Carolina Home School Laws.

The Association will not accept into membership any family that has one or more children being educated in a virtual charter school, a form of public schooling at home, even when that family has one or more children being home schooled.

In accordance with its Statement of Faith and the authority of Scripture, the Association will not accept into membership or will terminate the membership of persons involved in same-sex marriages, civil unions, polygamy, or other non-marital sexual relationships.

Background Information on LCHEA's Virtual Charter School (VCS) Policy
During the 2008-2009 school year, the LCHEA Board used the entire year to research, educate, and gain insight from organizations such as HSLDA and SCHEA on the VCS topic. LCHEA educated the leaders, as well as the membership at that time with several informational meetings throughout the year. The policy was approved by the Board in the spring of 2009.

It was the Board's decision not to accept VCS families in our support group because it is not considered traditional homeschooling. This policy also applies to mixed families, with both VCS students and traditionally homeschooled students. Since VCS takes place in the same environment as the traditional homeschool setting, it was determined that it is impossible to separate the two schools in the actual home. With VCS and traditional homeschooling occurring in the same home, the traditional homeschool student could have some oversight from the state, as well. It is a different scenario when a sibling leaves the home for the public/private school off-site, as there would only be one school in the home (the traditional homeschool). This policy does not apply to the families who have a child attending public/private school out of the home.

LCHEA felt that we needed to put safeguards in place that could affect the future of homeschooling in our state; the intent of our policy is to protect what we enjoy now as traditional homeschooling. VCS has affected traditional homeschooling in other states, and we, as a support group, need to do our part to protect our right to home school in SC. LCHEA's policy lines up with many of the other support groups in SC, including our state support group, SCHEA. The national organization, HSLDA, also supports our policy, as they have seen firsthand of how VCS has affected homeschooling in several states. Additional information can be found about VCS on both of their websites: www.schomeeducatorsassociation.org and www.hslda.org

A requirement for Association membership is adherence to the following Statement of Faith:

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in the three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential and that this salvation is received through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and not as a result of good works.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life and to perform good works.

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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