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Invite Amy Buchmeyer to Speak at Your Event!
Amy is an attorney and homeschool graduate who helps HSLDA member families resolve legal difficulties related to homeschooling in 13 states.
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Invite Darren Jones to Speak at Your Event!
Darren is a litigation attorney and homeschool graduate who helps HSLDA member families resolve legal difficulties related to homeschooling.
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Lawyer Gets Hard Labor for Helping Jailed Homeschoolers
August 13, 2019: A Cuban attorney who tried to help the now-imprisoned Rigal family with their legal defense has now been sentenced himself.
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Ohio: Am I Breaking the Law if I Send My NOI to the ESC?
At Home School Legal Defense Association, we answer thousands of questions from Ohio families every year and help resolve hundreds of disputes between homeschooling parents and the more than 600 school districts in the state.
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Official Fails to Notice Homeschool Notice … Files Charges
Even though this brand-new homeschool family followed the rules for filing a notice, they still received a summons to court. And then they called HSLDA.
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CPS Pays $700,000 to Homeschool Mom
Vanessa and her children had been homeschooling for seven years, when a CPS investigator took her children. HSLDA got them reunited—then we filed a lawsuit.
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School to Mom: Your Child’s Special Needs Have to Wait
When a mom completed the legal steps to begin homeschooling her student with special needs, school officials said she had to wait for approval. Except they can’t do that.
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Child Labor and Work Permit Laws in California
Here’s what you should know about California’s child labor laws and work permit requirements.
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Derailed College Transfer Now Back on Track
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COVID-19 Panic Leads to False CPS Report
A perfectly normal trip to the bank ended in this family being investigated by CPS.
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Homeschooling Helps 9-year-old with Special Needs Thrive
Unyielding school administrators wouldn’t accommodate the therapy schedule of this 9-year-old with special needs.
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Texas District Fences Off PSAT from Homeschool Teen
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COVID-19: Homeschool Assessments in Ohio? Yes? No? Maybe?
We believe it is in the best interest of the homeschool community for assessment requirements to be eased this year.
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Attorney General Agrees with HSLDA On Right to Take Public School Classes
Unlike many other states, South Dakota permits homeschool students to enroll part-time in public school classes.
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HSLDA Asks Supporters to Send Letter to Their Superintendent Immediately
As we point out in our letter, officials at several public school districts have told homeschooling parents that if they do not provide this information their children will be considered truant.
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Social Security vs. Homeschoolers: The Battle Intensifies
The number of families requesting help in having Social Security benefits restored for students has tripled in the last five years.
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Since When are Homeschoolers Dropouts?
Confusion over policies regarding withdrawing from high school have made it harder for some Indiana families who want to start homeschooling their teens.
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Handcuffed in her kitchen—Josilyn’s story: Worcester, MA
Although Josilyn had been legally homeschooling her son since January—and she had submitted all the right paperwork—the school district marked him as truant and turned Josilyn over to DCF. HSLDA has filed a lawsuit on her behalf. Watch her story.
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