As the 2025 legislative season ramps up, HSLDA is expecting to see a major push against homeschool freedom. The “Make Homeschool Safe Act” (MHSA) is a model piece of legislation designed and introduced by the Coalition for Responsible Home Education.[1] The bill would bring far more government scrutiny and control over homeschooling than any state has ever imposed.
At a fundamental level, the MHSA is a misguided attempt to convert homeschooling into public school at home. It ignores the reality of how homeschooling works and the many legislative steps that states have taken to modernize homeschool regulations. In some ways, the MHSA hearkens back to the 1980s, when public schools, school boards, and legislatures tried to fit homeschooling into a box of “what education should look like.” But it’s also more radical than any regulation a state has ever tried.
Based on HSLDA’s history of dealing with legislation in all 50 states, here are some of the problems we foresee if some or all of the MHSA gets introduced as a bill.