Protecting Homeschool Freedom for the Next Generation
Indiana’s 2025 legislative session is underway. Our team is actively monitoring over 50 bills. One of the bills we are closely monitoring is the Parental Rights bill, SB 143. Authored by Sen. Liz Brown, this bill “provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden is in furtherance of…
Indiana’s 124th General Assembly came to a close at approximately 8:30 pm on Mar 8, 2024. As an even year, this was a short session, and it was considered an “emergency” session. As such, “An emergency is declared for this act” was listed at the bottom of every bill. For such a session, there was…
Our 2022 Candidate Survey Report is live! Now, more than ever, it is important to know the positions of the candidates wanting to represent the homeschool community. Highlights that you might be encouraged by… Of candidates surveyed: 80% support homeschooling as it is currently regulated 90% are familiar with the differences between homeschooling and virtual…
An Arizona ed-tech company and charter school, Colearn Academy, is targeting Indiana homeschoolers for recruitment to a new virtual public school charter. Seeking a new virtual charter through Education One, the charter authorizer of Trine University, Colearn Academy Indiana (CAI) and its leaders began promoting themselves in the Indiana homeschool community as “a new homeschool…
You may recall the common playground game of Monkey In the Middle. When among good-natured friends, it is an amusing pastime at recess. However, even among friends, it becomes tedious and frustrating when one individual is constantly tasked as the “monkey.” This is the current situation of homeschooling in Indiana. Two years ago, before the…
Currently, almost all students in Indiana go to public school kindergarten. But, parents have a choice to delay formal education until age 7. There are people who want to take that right away from parents. If the compulsory school age is lowered, all 5 and 6-year-old children will be forced to begin formal education at…
Occasionally, Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) or IAHE Action receive inquiries from colleges or employers about homeschool diplomas. A potential employer informed IAHE Action that the State Board of Education (SBOE) had language on its website that stated homeschoolers should get an accredited diploma which was then used by the potential employer to discriminate…
Kindergarten isn’t mandatory in Indiana, but almost all children in Indiana already begin kindergarten at age 5. It is so common to start school at age 5 that most people assume that kindergarten is mandatory when a child is eligible. Indiana educators are now pushing to lower the compulsory school age to 5. (It’s also…
Due the School to Prison Pipeline debacle where schools inappropriately encouraged students to “homeschool” even though they did not have parental support, we have serious concerns about the potential change in diploma requirements that will make it even more difficult for struggling students to earn a public high school diploma. We believe these students’ educational issues…
The original post by Jacob G. Hornberger may be found on The Future of Freedom Foundation blog. Republished with permission. Once upon a time, some conservatives used to call for the abolition of the U.S. Department of Education. Lamentably, conservatives today celebrate when a “free-market advocate” like multimillionaire Betsy DeVos is appointed U.S. Secretary of Education,…