King William 8/14/24

HEAV immediately contacted the school board upon discovering an agenda attachment that directly named six children and five parents, including their grade levels and physical addresses. Although HEAV is thankful to the district for taking swift corrective action, we are reminded of the legislature’s continued failure to provide reasonable, student privacy protections by adding homeschoolers to the closed meeting exemptions already protecting public school student privacy.

Over the last two years, HEAV and HSLDA initiated HB1953 and HB873 – bills that would require school boards to have closed meetings when discussing personal information on homeschool documents or religious exemption letters unless parents objected. Both bills failed along party lines. HEAV intends to have such legislation introduced again during the 2025 session. Stay tuned!