By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations)

Exploring Contrary Narratives 

Remember last year when Harvard Law School was planning to host a summit entitled “Problems, Politics, and Prospects for Reform”? (See my blog post from last year and this article from HSLDA.) The speaker lineup included many who desire to see homeschooling heavily regulated. Thankfully, the pandemic put a hold on the invitation-only event that left out voices from the homeschool community. 

This year, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a seven-week long webinar to explore the “Post-Pandemic Future of Homeschooling.” It’s clear from the title that those hosting this new conference had a very different agenda. Instead of solely looking at the problems with homeschooling, they wanted to understand the growth and the expanding landscape of homeschooling families.

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By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations)

Good Bills Die

Attempts were made this session to bring forth good policy, but all of them were thwarted by the majority party who has control of the General Assembly, and every state office, board, and commission. All the bills listed below were killed in committee by a select few legislators on a party-line vote. Remember this as you vote during the next election.

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