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IL House Bill Threatening Jail Time for Homeschool Parents Advances Through Committee

House Bill 2827 advanced through the Illinois House of Representatives' Education Policy Committee with a vote of 8-4.
The bill requires extensive regulations, such as documentation of parents' qualifications and portfolio reporting from students, increasing oversight of homeschool families.
The legislation threatens to restrict homeschool freedoms significantly.

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Illinois bill sparks debate

Lawmakers propose new homeschool registration requirements that some families view as government overreach

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Illinois Democrats beloved by teachers' unions target homeschooling families, religious schools

A new bill that will soon be passed along for a full vote in the Illinois state House takes aim at religious schools and parents who homeschool their children.On Wednesday, lawmakers on the House Education Policy Committee gathered to consider HB 2827, better known as the Homeschool Act. The bill not only requires all private and religious elementary and secondary schools to register with the state annually, but it also requires these schools to…

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Support grows for homeschooled athletes bill in 12th year in Missouri legislature

Sen. Ben Brown, a Republican from Washington, speaks on the Missouri Senate floor. For the second year, Brown has sponsored a bill seeking to give homeschoolers access to public school activities (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).A bill that would require public schools to offer extracurricular activities to local homeschooled students is gaining traction after more than a decade of consideration by Missouri lawmakers. High school senior L…

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IL House Advances Bill to Persecute Homeschoolers

Despite historic levels of public opposition, Illinois lawmakers advanced controversial legislation attacking homeschoolers and private schools that could lead to the jailing of home-educating parents and even the removal of children from their homes. Massive pushback is already underway. The controversial bill, HB2827, also known as The Homeschool Act, was approved this week by the …

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CT homeschool abuse case not an isolated incident

Last week, a 32-year-old man bravely escaped the Waterbury home where his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, allegedly imprisoned and tortured him for decades. The torture began in 2005, when Sullivan withdrew the victim from public school to homeschool him after a social services inquiry. Instead of receiving an education, however, the victim was subjected to a systematic program of intense abuse while held captive in the confines of his home. The …

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IL House Bill Threatening Jail Time for Homeschool Parents Advances Through Committee

Springfield, IL, March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), the oldest and largest legal advocacy group for homeschooling, is sounding the alarm after the Illinois House of Representative's Education Policy Committee voted 8-4 this week to advance House Bill 2827, which would significantly curtail homeschool freedom in the state. House Bill 2827 mandates expansive regulatory requirements for homeschool …

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