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We protect your right to homeschool

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Since 1983, Home School Legal Defense Association’s primary goal has remained the same—to bring together a large number of homeschooling families so that each can have a low-cost method of obtaining quality legal defense. HSLDA gives families the freedom to homeschool without having to face legal threats alone. Through many families sticking together, we have been able to keep the cost of a year’s membership close to the rate that you would have to pay for an hour of an attorney’s time almost anywhere else.

After a family joins HSLDA, there are no further charges of any kind for defending them in court. HSLDA pays in full all attorney fees, expert witness costs, travel expenses, and all other court costs permissible by state law for us to pay.

The vast majority of contacts member families face are successfully resolved through our early intervention without any court action. Many times HSLDA attorneys call or write letters on behalf of members contacted by local officials. For those who wind up in court, HSLDA provides full representation at every stage of legal proceedings.

We defend your future liberty

As a member, you not only receive numerous tangible benefits, but you also receive the intangible and invaluable blessing of defending liberty for future generations. Your membership not only works to further your right to homeschool now, but through you, countless other families will enjoy these same liberties as they seek to homeschool their own children in future generations.

Other valuable benefits

In addition to professional legal representation for your homeschooling, we also provide the following benefits for our members.

  • Online Curriculum Market where you can save a lot of money buying and selling homeschool-related materials and books. Anyone can sell, but only HSLDA Members may purchase items (and it's free).
     
  • Weekly Updates and e-lerts that call our members to action. We track state and federal bills in regard to homeschooling, then inform you of those bills. You’ll receive email e-lerts on local, state, national, and international homeschooling issues. We will tell you what’s happening, what it means to you, and what you can do about it.
     
  • Special discounts in our bookstore.
     
  • The HSLDA PerX program, offering members Xtra benefits that are substantial and practical. You can receive discounts on home and auto insurance, school supplies, hotel reservations, and much more.
     
  • The Home School Court Report, HSLDA’s bi-monthly membership newsletter. In it, we report important information about new laws and court cases that affect homeschoolers, as well as other information about HSLDA’s activity on behalf of our members and items of interest to the homeschooling community.
     
  • Access to coordinators who can answer your questions and help you find resources for homeschooling through high school and meeting the special needs of struggling learners.
     

Frequently Asked Questions
 

What you receive:

1. What are the benefits of joining HSLDA?

We provide professional legal representation for your homeschooling.* We also offer several other benefits for our members.

  • You’ll receive email e-lerts on local, state, national, and international homeschooling issues. We will tell you what’s happening, what it means to you, and what you can do about it.
     
  • You’ll be able to participate in our Online Curriculum Market, where you can save a lot of money buying and selling homeschool-related materials and books. Anyone can sell, but only HSLDA Members may purchase items (and it's free).
     
  • You’ll also receive special discounts in our bookstore.
     
  • Our PerX program offers members Xtra benefits that are substantial and practical. Receive discounts on home and auto insurance, school supplies, hotel reservations, and much more.
     
  • The Home School Court Report is HSLDA’s bi-monthly membership newsletter. In it, we report important information about new laws and court cases that affect homeschoolers, as well as other information about HSLDA’s activity on behalf of our members and items of interest to the homeschooling community.
     
  • Access to HSLDA’s Homeschooling Thru High School Program: Two high school coordinators are available to our members for personal consultations regarding questions about homeschooling through high school. You can reach them by telephone at (540) 338-5600 or by email at highschool@hslda.org.
     
  • Access to HSLDA’s Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner resources. This includes consultations with coordinators who can assist you in diagnosing and developing a plan for addressing your homeschooled child’s special needs.
* Consistent with Internal Revenue Service regulations, we cannot guarantee representation in every case. However, in practice, we have come to the aid of our members and many non-members to protect and advance the right of all to homeschool. When HSLDA takes a case, there are no further charges of any kind to the family.

2. When can I call HSLDA?

Anytime. We are available 24/7. Call 1-540-338-5600. Please note that in order to keep membership costs low, we do not have an 800 number.

3. Are all legal costs covered?

After a family joins HSLDA, there are no further charges of any kind for defending them in court. HSLDA pays in full all attorney fees, expert witness fees, court transcript cost, travel expenses, and all other court costs permissible by state law for us to pay.

4. Do you have a payment plan?

Yes, we do have membership payment plans. (See Member Payment Information for a list of options.)

5. Do you offer any discounts on membership?

We offer a discount to families who are members of a participating discount group, a full-time pastor, full-time missionary, or active/retired/disabled missionary. (See Group Discounts for a discount group that will work for you. If you are the leader of a group and want to participate, please call or email HSLDA.) We also run special promotions at various times.

6. What resources do you have available?

Despite society’s doubt and skepticism, homeschoolers have become a significant demographic in America with impressive, consistent academic achievement and post-graduate success. HSLDA has initiated research and compiled statistical evidence of homeschool achievement in conjunction with the National Home Education Research Institute. You can access the results of these studies at http://www.hslda.org/research/default.asp.

 


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