- From the HSLDA E-lert Service Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: To read more visit HSLDA’s California Homepage. Thank you for your continued prayers for the California homeschooling case, In re Rachel L. Last night, Mr. L’s attorney in the juvenile court reported to Home School Legal Defense Association that the juvenile court judge terminated [...]

[From HSC (Homeschool Association of California); www.hsc.org] Rehearing in Homeschooling Case On Monday, June 23, the Court of Appeal in Los Angeles held oral arguments for the rehearing in the In re Rachel L homeschooling/abuse case in California. I flew down for it along with HSC’s lawyers from Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. Elizabeth Bryant, [...]

[Thanks to Judi Munday for sending us this article!] Monday, June 23, 2008 (SF Chronicle) Homeschool is a constitutional right for parents Damien M. Schiff Can California force parents to send their children outside the home for their education, regardless of the quality of instruction they receive at home? Today, the California Court of Appeal [...]

- From the HSLDA E-lert Service Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: On Monday, June 23, 2008, HSLDA founder Mike Farris argued in defense of homeschooling in the California Court of Appeal in the now-infamous Rachel L. case. In February, this same court had ruled that homeschooling is illegal in California. The court later vacated its [...]

The following article was posted in the Texas Homeschool Coalition Newsletter on May 22. Please keep the situation in Texas in your prayers. Appeals court rules Texas had no right to seize sect kids By LISA SANDBERG and TERRI LANGFORD San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle SAN ANGELO — A Texas appeals court ruled today [...]

From the HSLDA E-lert Service Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, On May 19 all the filings of the legal briefs to re-hear the case In re Rachel L. were completed. The Court of Appeal, which made the fateful decision on February 28, 2008 to declare all homeschooling illegal unless the parent is a certified teacher, [...]

Accounts do NOT Apply to Virginia Homeschoolers An alert Update reader asked an important question about the Coverdell Education Savings Account. Does it apply to K-12 education expenses for Virginia homeschoolers? The Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA), an account allowing you to save tax free for college expenses as well as K-12 education expenses, applies [...]

This last weekend, I forced myself to attack some paperwork that I’d been putting off for a long time. As I pulled the stack of papers out, I wanted desperately to shove them back into the corner. The thought of organizing two year’s worth of notes and research was overwhelming. I wanted to give up, [...]

Have you ever thought about the work that happens behind a convention? I never had really given it much thought until a year ago when I got a booth for the first time. I quickly discovered that booths, nametags, signs, schedules, and the thousands of other little aspects of the convention don’t just fall into [...]