SREB Optometry Contract for Services Program

A Request for Certification of South Carolina Residency form should be completed, notarized, and returned to us at your earliest convenience.

Upon receipt of your completed form, unless we need supplementary information, we will determine whether or not you can be considered a resident of South Carolina for the purpose of participating in this State's Contract for Services program, coordinated by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). We will then notify you and the institution you are planning to attend, concerning your residency status.

You probably know that South Carolina maintains contracts, through SREB, providing specified numbers of places for State residents in two schools of optometry, Southern College of Optometry (TN) and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. You must apply directly to the institution of your choice for admission and may not be admitted as a "contract student" without a certificate of residency issued by this office. But neither the Southern Regional Education Board nor this Commission has any other role in the admissions process. The institution will make the final decision concerning whether or not to admit you, after you are certified as a South Carolina resident, and will notify you of its decision.

Please do not hesitate to call on us if we can provide any additional information or assistance.

SC Commission on Higher Education

SREB Contract Programs

1122 Lady St., Ste.300

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 737-2260