H.B. 2560 presents an extraordinary opportunity for home educators in Pennsylvania to remove the burdensome and unnecessary administrative requirements of current law. These requirements not only take parents' time away from the instruction of children but also expend public school resources for which there is no allocation or reimbursement by the state. By enacting this legislation, Pennsylvania would join a growing majority of states that have revised their home school laws to make them less restrictive. The home educators of Pennsylvania have earned the right to less state intrusion oversight after demonstrating their success under the current law for the past 14 years.

Dewitt Black, a Home School Legal Defense Association attorney who has spent over 11 years assisting our member families in Pennsylvania, said, "I can say from first-hand experience that passage of H.B 2560 will eliminate most of the legal problems home schooling families face in Pennsylvania."

HSLDA's long-term goal continues to be the repeal of all compulsory attendance laws, but in the meantime we will support efforts to make laws incrementally better for home educators. We believe this bill would make great strides toward our ultimate goal, so we wholeheartedly support this legislation and ask that our member families do so as well.

We urge all home schooling families in Pennsylvania to contact their state representative and state senator requesting that they vote in favor of this bill. Unfortunately, the support for this bill within the home school community is not unanimous, so it is crucial that members of the Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives hear from those who support this legislation.