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Homeschooling in Portugal, a 72-year History of Freedom!
A national advocacy group is working to restore freedom to Portugal’s homeschool laws—and promote innovative educational options.
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What does HSLDA do?
HSLDA is an advocacy organization committed to making homeschooling possible. We defend homeschool freedom, provide legal protection to homeschool families, offer grants to homeschool families who are facing hard times, and provide educational resources and support for homeschoolers. Learn more about what we do here.
Who can join HSLDA?
Anyone may join HSLDA to support our advocacy for advancing homeschool freedom and get access to our member benefits—such as exclusive educational resources, state-specific legal forms, and member discounts.
Our legal services are not guaranteed to members in every case. If you have specific questions about the cases we assist with, check out our Legal Support FAQs.
What happened to the Educational Consultant program?
HSLDA offered one-on-one consulting as a part of our member benefits until April 2024.
We then began transitioning to offering exclusive how-to-homeschool guidance via member-only webinars, master classes, articles, and other resources that can be accessed 24/7 on our website. We still have a team of Educational Specialists that produce exclusive content for our members and speak at events.
Our decision to move away from educational consulting arose from the tremendous growth of homeschooling since 2020. New sources of consulting and support are developing for home-educating families as more parents realize, “I can homeschool, too!” At the same time, with homeschooling’s rising profile, we are seeing increased scrutiny by legislatures and the media.
HSLDA’s core mission has always been legal advocacy for homeschool freedom. As new challenges to this freedom emerge, we want to sharpen and strengthen our advocacy: from defending member families whose right to homeschool is being challenged, to supporting favorable legislation, to encouraging research about homeschooling’s benefits, to representing homeschooling to journalists and the media, to building solidarity with homeschoolers around the globe.
Be assured that our legal consulting will continue. This has been our mainstay member benefit since our founding in 1983. It’s even in our name: Home School Legal Defense Association! You can always call or email with your homeschooling-related legal questions, and a member of our legal team will provide personal assistance.
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J. Michael Smith
Mike is an attorney and homeschool movement leader with over 30 years of passionate advocacy for homeschooling families.
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Joel Grewe
Joel Grewe serves as executive director of HSLDA Action and Generation Joshua. He is also a member of his local town council.
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Who We Are
HSLDA is a non-profit advocacy organization that makes homeschooling possible by protecting homeschooling families and equipping them to provide the best educational experience for their children.
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Career Opportunities
HSLDA is a Christian non-profit advocacy organization that equips homeschooling families to provide the best educational experience for their children. We do this by caring for each member family and protecting and securing the future of homeschooling.
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Defending Homeschool Freedom—One Bill at a Time | Ep. 106
HSLDA’s legislative season is in full swing! Scott Woodruff (HSLDA Director of Legal and Legislative Advocacy) gives Jim Mason (HSLDA President) the rundown on how HSLDA keeps making homeschooling possible through legislation monitoring!
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HSLDA - Making homeschooling possible
Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children and to protect family freedoms.
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A Look back at the Great California Homeschool Case of 2008
Professor Bartholet seems to feel that our effective advocacy has been underhanded in some way, referring to the "notorious Jonathan L. case in California." What exactly happened during that fateful case in 2008?
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Homeschooling in Taiwan: A 2020 Recap
Thanks to robust grassroots advocacy which has brought about positive government policies, homeschooling is thriving in Taiwan.
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The Answer is (HSLDA) Action
HSLDA and HSLDA Action are still sister organizations, under the same leadership, both sharing the goal of protecting and expanding homeschool freedom.