Easier to homeschool in NC or SC?

From:  http://www.vaclib.org/exempt/northcarolina.htm#school –

Please be aware that there is NO OFFICIAL STATE FORM in North Carolina. According to a former director of the NC Dept. of Immunization, all a parent (or person seeking to claim an exemption) has to do is “write down on a sheet of paper that the immunization laws of North Carolina are contrary to their religious beliefs, sign it, and turn it in” to the person requesting their immunization records. Homeschooling parents should keep the form in their home with their homeschool documentation. No matter what an uninformed official may tell you, by law you DO NOT have to belong to any organized religion to claim your religious exemption, and the signature of a representative of a religious order is NOT required to obtain an exemption. It must only be your genuine, bona fide religious belief.

This may be the only and easiest way to get an exemption.  If you google bible and vacines there are many places stating the case for why vaccines are not biblical.  Even though you are wanting to be exempt for medical reasons the establishment wont recognize, if you feel that harming your daughter is against your religous beleifs than that is good enough.  You dont have to explain it just say it goes against my beleifs.

It may be an issue if art’s dd has already had vacines and may not be able to claim religious exemption.  Here is a good article about religious exemption in NC.  From  http://sogpubs.unc.edu//electronicversions/slb/slbfal04/article2.pdf?

North Carolina’s Religious ExemptionExemption Based on “Bona Fide Religious Belief ”Section 130A-152 of the North Carolina Statutes (hereinafterG.S.) requires that children in North Carolina be immunizedfrom certain diseases—diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whoop-ing cough), measles, rubella, haemophilus influenzae, andhepatitis B—before enrolling in school. A student may be ex-empted from this requirement only if (1) immunization ismedically contraindicated22or (2) the child’s parents orguardian (or the adult student) oppose immunization on thebasis of religious belief.If the bona fide religious beliefs of an adult or the parent,guardian or person in loco parentisof a child are contraryto the immunization requirements contained in thisChapter, the adult or the child shall be exempt from the re-quirements. Upon submission of a written statement of thebona fide religious beliefs and opposition to the immuniza-tion requirements, the person may attend the college, uni-versity, school or facility without presenting a certificate ofimmunization.
North Carolina’s Administrative Code states explicitly thatthe religious exemption cannot be interpreted to includephilosophical or personal objections to immunization “notfounded upon a religious belief.”24The language of the North Carolina religious exemption—specifically the phrase “shallbe exempt from the requirements”—makes it clear that school and public health officials do nothave the discretion to deny an application ifparents’ objectionto immunization is based on sincere religious beliefs contraryto immunization. However, the statute does not answer thequestion of whether school or public health officials may denya request for an exemption if they believe that the parents’objection is not grounded in a sincere religious belief.Approximately .025 percent of children in North Carolinaare exempt from immunization requirements on religiousgrounds. Parents who wish to exempt their children for reli-gious reasons must provide the school a written statement ofreligious belief. The statement does not have to state the spe-cific religious belief that is contrary to immunization. It canbe as short and simple as “I am opposed to immunizationdue to a bona fide religious belief ” and must contain thechild’s name and date of birth.25School officials do not in-quire into the substance of parents’ religious beliefs or ask forany further details. However, if they become aware of otherinformation contradicting the statement or suggesting thatthe religious exemption is being invoked for nonreligious rea-sons, they may refer the issue to the North Carolina Divisionof Public Health (DPH).26

junkybird, I live right down the road from you in Powdersville.  I’m also with PHEA, very easy to use.  In the Greenville, Powdersville, Easley area, we have a HUGE homeschool population with a lot of co-op choices.

Bumping this too! We are contemplating the idea of moving to SC as well. Standardized testing is something I am not ready to put up with.