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2019 Legislative Session Wrap-up

Posted on April 25, 2019April 26, 2019 by Tara Bentley

IAHE began this legislative session in January by monitoring 69 bills of concern. By mid-session, we were actively monitoring twenty-one bills with the potential to impact homeschool families, three of which were very concerning. While the majority of bills were education issues that we typically monitor every year, the emergence of mental health bills unexpectedly…

SB 567: Homeschoolers as dropouts?

Posted on April 18, 2019April 19, 2019 by Tara Bentley

On April 9, 2018 Chalkbeat Indiana posted an article regarding SB 567, a bill to provide oversight to Indiana’s virtual, public school programs. The article referenced Rep. Bob Behning, the Indianapolis Republican who chairs the House Education Committee as saying: Students who leave any public school — virtual or traditional — to be homeschooled would…

UPDATE: HB 1004

Posted on April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 by Rob Beiswenger

As we’ve shared here previously, HB 1004 has provisions dealing with mental health issues of high schoolers with virtually no parental protections. And, virtually no penalties if anyone was sloppy with protecting confidential information. Sen. Kruse led a successful effort to get HB 1004 amended to include strong parental protections and the bill passed the…

Support Sen. Kruse’s Amendment to HB 1004

Posted on April 2, 2019April 9, 2019 by Rob Beiswenger

UPDATE: Amendment #25 was pulled and rewritten as amendment #27. It was approved by the committee. Thank you for your action to protect parental rights! URGENT: Please call your State Senator to support Sen. Kruse’s Amendment #25 to HB 1004.  As you already know, thanks to your calls and emails, Senate Bill 266, after a…

What About SB266?

Posted on March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 by Tara Bentley

We applaud the intentions of the authors to address the concerns that public schools are facing today, but tragic situations lead to bad legislation.

UPDATE SB266: Mental Health Screening

Posted on February 26, 2019March 4, 2019 by Rob Beiswenger

Last week, IAHE Action shared about Senate Bill 266 which allows for mental health screening for all children through the age of 22. (Read the original post here.) Based on our conversations with one of the bill’s authors Sen Dennis Kruse we asked families to call and ask for the original language of the bill…

SB 266: Mental Health Screening for All Children

Posted on February 19, 2019March 4, 2019 by Rob Beiswenger

Dear Friends, Yesterday we saw an uprising on Facebook with a call to action over proposed legislation, SB 266. It’s the kind of bill we worry about every day the General Assembly is in session. You should know, right off the bat, we need you to contact your State Senator right away. One of our…

2019 Bill Watch – Kindergarten and Compulsory School Age

Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Rob Beiswenger

IAHE and IAHE Action continue to work with legislators to promote a parent’s right to educate their child at home and to act in the best interest of the child. We believe that all efforts to lower the Compulsory School Age should be stopped and with your help will make sure our elected officials in Indianapolis hear our voices.

International Compulsory Attendance Age

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Tara Bentley

By: Alison Slatter and Bridgette Whitlow-Spurlock This year, the Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction has vocally led the charge to lower the compulsory attendance in the state of Indiana. The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) published a nice, full-color, eight-page handout laying out the arguments including a list of all 50 States’ compulsory attendance ages….

The heart of the conflict – The Natural Right of the Parent to Control their Children’s Upbringing vs. State Power

Posted on December 28, 2017December 28, 2017 by IAHE Action

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…

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