Legislation

Overreaching Legislator

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Oklahoma state Rep. Richard Morrissette has in mind in proposing fitness screenings for public and homeschool students 16 and younger. Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, said he wants confidential weight and measurement determinations, with parents notified if students are overweight or underweight. Parents with children in those categories could be visited by child welfare officials if...
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History of the Laws & Regs

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For the past couple of days there’s been an interesting discussion about the history of homeschooling laws and regulations taking place on the HEM-Networking list. The discussion started with this post on Monday, in which the writer asked, in part: “…in the history of homeschooling, before we had laws (home education, homeschooling, home instruction,...
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HEM-Networking: HR 1815 update

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HEM-Networking: HR 1815 update The conference report was agreed to in House late on 2/19/05. The Status: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 374 – 41 (Roll no. 665). I phoned Sen. Warner’s office and they confirmed that the section pertaining to homeschoolers, 522, remained in the...
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Discussing Section 522

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Home Education & Other Stuff » END AROUND? Daryl Cobranchi is spearheading conversation about the Section 522 situation at his HEOS blog. Informative reading for anyone following these important developments.
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News and Commentary » Section 522 and a Memorandum from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

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News and Commentary » Section 522 and a Memorandum from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense The effect of Section 522 would not only be to circumvent the conclusions of the CNA Study (and 30 years of prior research), but also to circumvent DoD policy that allows each service to determine who it...
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Did You Know? (HR 1815)

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National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD) Did You Know: There is a bill being considered at this time in Congress regarding the military, and section #522 mentions home education. NHELD has examined this legislation and offers these arguments against it: The problem with Section (1) of this section: “The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe...
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Homeschool NonDiscrimination Act 2005

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HR 3753/ S 1691-Homeschool NonDiscrimination Act 2005 Will this action lead to organizations becoming – by law – the official accrediting agencies of homeschoolers? Will there be a federal registrar of homeschooled students? Click on the link above for important reading!
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Dangerous National Legislation

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Please visit the Support Group News and News and Commentary blogs at this site for updated information about the dangerous national legislation concerning recruitment and enlistment of homeschooled students in the Armed Forces.
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Cradle-to-Grave

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Homeschooling Illinois – Legislation and Learning (HILL): State Control Over Private Home-school Dutch to Create Cradle-To-Grave Database sounds so oppressive, doesn’t it? That’s just Europe, one might say? So what’s the diff between Netherlands and Illinois and other states and let’s not forget the feds. Not much in this case, except the Dutch are...
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Ann Zeise’s A to Z Home’s Cool page on the Homeschool NonDiscrimination Act of 2005

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A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling – 10/10/05 Our good friend Ann Zeise tackles HR 3753 and explains why it should be of concern to homeschoolers and – with her usual thoroughness – provides scores of links to primary sources: On the 14th of September, 2005, HSLDA announced the introduction in Congress of HR...
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