As HSLDA President Jim Mason has been reminding us, trends in politics can change rapidly in the US. Pendulums swing.
For years, the trend in homeschooling has been toward more freedom. That’s in large part thanks to families all over the country who have impressed lawmakers with living examples of the responsible, productive citizens brought up by homeschooling.
That trend continued to a degree in 2024. Nebraska lifted restrictions by updating the state’s homeschool law for the first time since 1984. We also saw legislative victories in Oklahoma and New Hampshire, where homeschooling families rallied to defeat bad bills.
A push to improve Louisiana law failed, however, and there is reason to believe some jurisdictions may attempt to scale back homeschool freedom in 2025.
Let’s take a closer look at what happened across the country this year.