Laws that regulate home education vary from state to state. It is important to understand the legal requirements in your state and to be aware of legislative and other legal issues that affect homeschoolers in your community. We've compiled resources that will help you become informed. Although homeschooling is legal in all 50 states, and the vast majority of homeschoolers face no problems, you may find that you need legal assistance at some point in your homeschooling career. We've compiled a list of resources to help you find the support you need. And if you'd like to become more involved in working towards homeschooling freedoms, we discuss some of the issues facing homeschoolers that we hope you find compelling.
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Read the laws regulating home education in Michigan and browse through the case law and legal opinions relating to those laws, along with government publications relating to homeschooling and summaries of the laws.
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| Forms |
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Which forms do you need to fill out? Where can you get them? Here is a list of useful forms for homeschooling in Michigan.
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| Legal Support |
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If you need legal information or have run into a legal situation regarding your decision to homeschool, these resources will be helpful.
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| Lobbying Groups |
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A listing of local and national lobbying groups and information on how you can become involved in the political process to ensure the freedom to homeschool is protected.
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| Attorneys |
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When searching for an attorney, it is helpful to know whether he or she has experience working with homeschoolers and is interested in protecting the right to homeschool.
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| Legal Issues |
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Is homeschooling legal? Which laws pertain to homeschoolers and which don't? How do homeschoolers protect their rights to freely educate their children and to preserve their privacy?
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| Government Resources |
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A listing of local and state government resources, including your state's Department of Education, school districts, and Senate and House of Representative information.
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If It Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like A Duck |
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Susan Evans |
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Introducing and passing a new exemption for homeschoolers in Michigan looked like duck soup to several individuals back in December, 1995. In fact, it was accomplished fairly easily and very quietly. Virtually no one outside the Michigan legislature and their apparent one-man-homeschool-lobby even knew anything was introduced. After it passed, it was kept quiet for three weeks until the governor signed it. The entire Non-public school Advisory Committee was in the dark regarding this major change in homeschooling regulations. |
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Responding to Current Legislative Challenges Promoted by National Organizations |
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Larry and Susan Kaseman |
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Two different kinds of legislation are undermining our rights and responsibilities as parents and our homeschooling freedoms. It would be serious enough if this legislation was coming from opponents of parents' rights and homeschooling. But the fact that the legislation is being promoted by national organizations that claim to support parental rights and homeschooling is very confusing and frustrating.
This column will discuss two different legislative initiatives. Topic 1 covers efforts being made by several national organizations to get parental rights legislation or constitutional amendments passed in many states, why this concerns homeschoolers, and what we can do. Topic 2 focuses on problems that accompany efforts to include homeschoolers in federal legislation designed to give parents tax breaks for educational expenses and what we can do about this.
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AHSA-USA Email List |
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This list is an opportunity for homeschoolers to contact homeschooling attorneys and experts about homeschooling legal and litigation issues. It is an informal network of attorneys and legal experts that are concerned with litigation pending and threatened against homeschoolers. Its primary purpose is to exchange legal information within the profession, and to educate and support attorneys and experts involved in homeschool litigation. |
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Homeschooling Freedoms At Risk |
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This is a four part collection of articles that discuss the legal status of homeschooling and the constant attempt to degrade our homeschooling freedoms |
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