This is part two of a five-part series. Part 1 may be read here. 2. Is the government doing this to help us? No. More money will not give our children a better education. Our average homeschool educational results are already far ahead of government schools. There is no academic reason to increase…
Category: Indiana Legislation
The Unintended Consequences of ESAs – Inflated Costs for All, Fewer Choices for All
This post is the first of a five-part series. NOTE: Although we do not encourage homeschoolers to use the public school for special needs assistance, we realize that some may due to expense. We have learned that a great many homeschoolers with children with special needs avoid the government and seek help privately. This article is…
Podcast with IAHE Action Board member, Camille Cantwell
IAHE Action Board member, Camille Cantwell, recently spoke on her life, parental rights and home education on the RadioNext internet program with Dr. Mark Eckel. It was very informative as she covered a variety of topics from parenting to homeschool liberty to IAHE Action’s work at the Statehouse on behalf of homeschool families. You can…
Is an “Education Savings Account” program coming to a state like yours?
Our friends who lobby for Nevada Homeschool Network share their story about ESAs and the confusion that it has brought to their state. During the 2015 Nevada Legislative Session, the Friedman Foundation assisted State Senator Scott Hammond in the writing of SB 302. Senator Hammond had requested a Bill Draft Resolution (BDR) for a…
2016 Legislative Wrap-Up
The 2016 session of the Indiana General Assembly ended on March 10. This was a “short” session, and there 831 bills introduced. The legislature was cautious about passing bills with a high fiscal note, so some that would typically move did not this session. IAHE tracked over eighty bills of interest. The House and Senate…
Parents Must Stand For Their Children’s Innocence
We felt compelled to share this disturbing information with our families because we want to encourage you that you are doing a good thing by overseeing your child’s education. When IAHE Action reads articles like the one below, it is a motivator to us about the importance of what we do to protect a…
Concerning Education Savings Accounts
Over the past five years there has been a shift towards Republican control of state governments. Today, there are 31 Republican governors and 22 states where Republicans also hold both houses of the legislature (Nebraska has a unicameral legislature). Indiana is a state which not only has a Republican governor and state legislature but also…
Homeschoolers and Indiana’s RFRA
As we gear up for the 2016 session of the Indiana General Assembly, IAHE Action thinks it would be a good time review our stance on Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Home education rights rest on two pillars: religious liberty and parental rights. We need both strong pillars to protect home education rights. RFRA…