“There were an estimated 3.135 million homeschool students (i.e., school-age, ages 5 to under 18, K-12) in the United States during the 2021-2022 school year. For context, this was more than in Catholic schools (1.688 million; National Catholic Educational Association (2022) and probably slightly fewer than in government public charter schools (Houston, Peterson, & West, 2022).” – NHERI National Home Education Research Institute, September 15, 2022

“From a homeschooling perspective, the tremendous growth of homeschooling has led to a lot of new and innovative ways that parents are kind of banding together to teach their children. You may have heard of things called pods and micro schools and those sorts of things.” – World News Group, September 6, 2022

“To gain more insight into homeschooling, Fechter recommends attending the Wisconsin Christian Home Educators (CHEA) annual conference on April 7 and 8, 2022, as well as becoming familiar with Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) where there is an abundance of helpful information.” – Washington County Wisconsin Insider, September 2, 2022

“The West Virginia Department of Education has no lawful authority to direct any county to take any action with respect to homeschool students. I respectfully urge the county to cease and desist from enforcing unlawful policies.” – HSLDA Home School Legal Defense Association, August 31, 2022

“The percentage of North Carolina’s school-aged children attending traditional public schools has declined over the last 15 years, from 88% in 2005-06 to 79% in 2019-20… Meanwhile the number of students attending public charter schools and homeschools have increased substantially.” – The Carolina Journal, August 29, 2022

“We’re seeing those parents who want that choice, really put in the time and effort themselves to make it happen and finding like-minded parents who want to do the same thing,.. And so you’ll find that in every area of the state.” – WWBT Richmond, Virginia, August 18, 2022

“Hybrid schools are an educational model that blends homeschooling with traditional in-school education. Students typically attend class a few days per week in a brick-and-mortar building with classes, teachers, and assignments, while spending the rest of the week being homeschooled. In hybrid schools, the school establishes most or all of the curriculum.” – Kennesaw State University Hybrid Schools Project, accessed August 15, 2022

Significant changes made by the legislation include the following:

• Eliminating an unfair measure of assessment related to standardized testing
• Recognizing that homeschool students learn using diverse methods in a variety of venues
• Ensuring students with special needs are treated according to their abilities – HSLDA Home School Legal Defense Association, August 10, 2022

“Federal regulations state that public schools must permit membership in JROTC to qualified homeschooled students. Schools cannot require enrollment as a condition of JROTC membership.” – HSDLA (Home School Legal Defense Association), August 3, 2022