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Your HEAV school board monitor team identified two policies and regulations that were inconsistent with Virginia’s homeschool laws in several areas. Concerns included language

HEAV took immediate action after hearing from several concerned parents related to calls received from a district employee who indicated homeschool parents were “required

UPDATE 10.14.24: We have good news regarding the apparent privacy breach. As we recently shared, after HEAV communicated with Prince Wiliam County’s attorney with

Your HEAV school board monitor team found a concern in the district’s most recent religious exemption (RE) policy draft. The policy draft would have

HEAV immediately contacted the school board upon discovering an agenda attachment that directly named six children and five parents, including their grade levels and

ATTENTION PRINCE WILLIAM HOMESCHOOLERS: A homeschool parent alerted HEAV that they received an alarming email soliciting participation in a “student emotional well-being” assessment. This

HEAV reached out to Gloucester’s homeschool liaison regarding a miscommunication on a form letter relating to the evidence of progress requirement that had caused

Your HEAV school board monitor team found several important concerns with the district’s religious exemption (RE) policy and regulation. These included a requirement for

HEAV has worked with the division superintendent and homeschool liaison regarding website text that misrepresented a notice of intent to homeschool as an “application.”

Several school divisions across the Commonwealth have identified it is “prime time” to advertise its virtual public school option exclusively to homeschool families. In

Homeschool parents in Wise County have been sent a packet of information regarding the district’s virtual public school option. Although many homeschool parents express