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Download the 2024 Primary Candidate Survey Report
Our 2024 Primary Candidate Survey Report is live! With so much at stake regarding educational freedom and parental rights, IAHE Action sent out its first ever primary candidate survey. Important candidate highlights… Of candidates surveyed: All candidates with valid email addresses received an invitation from IAHE Action to participate in the survey. Thank you to…
ESAs-Consequences All Around
Educational Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) are the hottest form of “school choice” nationwide. While they can go by different names, they operate with the same premise – government funding dispersed to parents to spend on educational expenses. As homeschooling families are increasingly enticed by access to “free money,” there are important considerations to acknowledge. Often, we…
Download the 2022 Candidate Survey Report
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…
Target: Homeschoolers
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…
2022 Legislative Wrap-up
The 2022 Indiana General Assembly session has concluded. Daily, the IAHE Action team diligently monitored bills potentially affecting your homeschool freedoms. Here is a look at what occurred during this legislative session! The session began with the team on alert for issues that could create unintended consequences for homeschool families. We monitor trends seen in…
Count Day Walkout Plans Leave Homeschoolers as Monkey In the Middle
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…
What about France?
In an attempt to enforce secular values, on July 21, 2021, France instituted severe restrictions on home education. “Homeschooling (IEF) will only be authorized for reasons of health, disability, artistic or sports practice, family homelessness, remoteness. of an establishment, and also in the event of a “situation specific to the child motivating the educational project”….
2021 Legislative Wrap-up
Every year, IAHE Action and our sister organization IAHE, monitor threats to homeschool freedom. There is no better way to describe the challenges of the past year than the opening of Pandora’s Box. While the entire world looked at home education with wide-eyed awe and innocence, the long-term impact on our community and our freedom…
Loving the Vulnerable
Earlier this month, we let you know about SB 428 targeting homeschool families. On Thursday, January 23, 2020, our team visited with state senators and we were assured that this bill was effectively dead thanks to the calls and emails from homeschool families. While we KNOW that until the session is complete there is never…