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INACTIVE| Alabama |
House Bill 226: Requiring Parental Consent to Withdraw from School7/10/2009
House Bill 974: Tim Tebow Act
7/10/2009
Senate Bill 305: “Tim Tebow Act”
7/10/2009
| Arizona |
House Bill 2292: Raises the Compulsory Age to 18 Years Old5/15/2009
House Bill 2670: Raises Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 18
5/22/2008
| Arkansas |
House Bill 1408: Eliminating Adult Education Programs for all 16— and 17—Year—Olds4/7/2009
House Bill 1989: Eliminating Involvement of Local School Districts in Homeschools
4/7/2009
House Bill 2019: Prohibiting Public School Students with Unexcused Absences from Homeschooling
5/11/2009
House Bill 2144: Requiring Permission of School District to Homeschool
5/12/2009
House Bill 2176: Prohibiting a Domestic Partnership Registry
7/10/2009
Senate Bill 295: An Act to Change the Compulsory Attendance Age
2/26/2009
| Colorado |
House Bill 1057: Parental Leave for Academic Activities11/9/2009
House Bill 1195: Establishes a Private School Tuition Income Tax Credit
2/18/2009
House Bill 1270: Enrollment Options for Private and Home—Based Education Students
2/23/2009
Senate Bill 221: Property Tax Credit for Private School Tuition
3/31/2009
| Connecticut |
House Bill 5761: Permiting Parents to Withdraw Children from Public School for Home Education7/10/2009
House Bill 5769: Raising Age to Drop out of School
7/10/2009
| District of Columbia |
B18—0066: Domestic Partnership Judicial Determination of Parentage Act of 20095/27/2009
New Proposed Home Education Regulations
6/30/2008
| Florida |
House Bill 17: Raises the Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 185/11/2009
House Bill 323: Raises the Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 18
5/2/2009
House Bill 381: Zahid Jones, Jr., Give Grandparents and Other Relatives a Voice Act
11/9/2009
Senate Bill 520: Raises the Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 18
5/19/2009
Senate Bill 82: Raises the Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 18
5/13/2009
Senate Bill 92: Raises the Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 18
5/13/2009
Senate Bill 1052: Grandparent Visitation Rights
5/13/2009
Senate Bill 1642: Gives Benefits to Domestic Partners
5/13/2009
Senate Bill 1276: Zahid Jones, Jr., Give Grandparents & Other Relatives a Voice Act
4/29/2009
Senate Bill 1310: Tax Credits for Contributions to Nonprofit Scholarship—Funding Organizations
4/29/2009
| Georgia |
Senate Bill 301: Raising Compulsory School Attendance Age to 1712/11/2009
| Hawaii |
House Concurrent Resolution 41: Supports Parental Rights5/29/2008
House Resolution 41: Supports Parental Rights
5/22/2008
House Resolution 48 and House Concurrent Resolution 69: U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
5/3/2007
House Bill 311: Lowers the Age of Compulsory Education and Broadens Testing Requirement
5/29/2008
House Bill 907: Seeks to Authorize Civil Unions
5/29/2008
House Bill 908: Extends Spousal Rights to Civil Unions
5/29/2008
House Bill 1000: Adds HPV to the Mandatory Teen Vaccination Program
5/29/2008
House Bill 3133: Includes Family Members as Mandatory Child Abuse Reporters
5/29/2008
House Bill 3134: Pilot Program to do Home Visits
5/29/2008
Senate Bill 2476: Grants Homeschools Access to Extracurricular Activities
5/29/2008
Senate Bill 3055: Requires Family Members to Report Abuse and Neglect
5/29/2008
Senate Bill 3056: Requires Social Services to Conduct Follow—up Visits
5/29/2008
| Idaho |
House Bill 58: Raising the Age of Compulsory School Attendance to 182/18/2009
Senate Bill 1017: Adding Homeschool Provision in Idaho Code
4/13/2009
Senate Bill 1023: Opens Up Kindergarten to 4—Year Olds
5/15/2009
Senate Bill 1105: Grandparent Visitation Rights
5/15/2009
| Indiana |
House Joint Resolution 3: Amendment Supporting Traditional Marriage6/25/2009
House Bill 1290: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation
5/15/2009
Senate Bill 26: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation
5/15/2009
Senate Bill 48: Broad Expansion of Grandparent Visitation
6/25/2008
Senate Joint Resolution 7: Traditional Marriage Amendment
6/25/2008
| Kansas |
House Bill 2197: College Admission for Homeschooled Students5/1/2009
| Kentucky |
House Bill 189: Raises Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 185/15/2009
House Bill 294/ SFA (1): Raises Compulsory School Attendance Age from 16 to 18
6/5/2008
| Louisiana |
House Bill 308: Allows Homeschool Children to Dual Enroll7/14/2009
House Bill 340: Religious Freedom Amendment
7/14/2009
House Bill 531: Allows Homeschool Children Access to Extracurricular Activities
7/14/2009
House Bill 634: Reduces the Requirements for TOPS Eligibility
7/2/2007
House Bill 871: Allows Homeschoolers Access to Extracurricular Activities
4/10/2008
House Bill 1091: Limits Circumstances Under Which Students May Withdraw from School
7/8/2008
| Maine |
L.D. 1020: Same—Sex Marriage Bill5/14/2009
L.D. 1438: A Bill to Create Virtual Schools
6/11/2009
| Maryland |
House Bill 913: Amends Constitution to Protect Marriage5/27/2009
House Bill 1055: Changes Law Requiring Marriage Between a ‘Man and a Woman’
5/26/2009
House Bill 1223: Compulsory School Attendance Age Increase
5/27/2009
Senate Bill 857 (Senate Version of H.B. 1223): Compulsory School Attendance Age Increase
5/26/2009
| Minnesota |
House File 2: Omnibus Education Finance Bill5/19/2009
House File 15: Early Childhood Program for At—Risk Children
6/25/2009
House File 46: Providing for Grandparent Visitation Rights
6/25/2009
House File 575/Senate File 766: Homeschool Student Driving Instruction Permit Provisions Modified
6/25/2009
House File 2080/Senate File 1293: Minnesota Promise for Higher Education Established
6/25/2009
House File 1782: State Government Financing Provisions Modified Relating to Taxes
6/25/2009
Senate File 19/House File 314: Compulsory Instruction Age Increase
6/25/2009
Senate File: 846/House File 1037: Homeschool Mandates Reduction
5/19/2009
Senate File 1328: Omnibus Education Provisions Modifications and Appropriations
6/25/2009
| Mississippi |
House Bill 133: An Act Requiring Driver’s Education2/6/2009
House Bill 464: An Act to Forbid False Reporting of Child Abuse
2/3/2009
House Bill 525: Increasing Compulsory School Attendance Age
4/7/2009
House Bill 944: Disenrolling a 5—Year—Old from Public School Kindergarten
2/6/2009
Senate Bill 2080: An Act to End the Provision to Withdraw a Five—Year—Old from Kindergarten
2/3/2009
Senate Bill 2156: An Act to Lower the Compulsory Attendance Age
2/3/2009
Senate Bill 2234: An Act to Open Public School Activities to Homeschool Students
2/3/2009
Senate Bill 2236: An Act to Forbid False Reporting of Child Abuse
2/3/2009
Senate Bill 2570: An Act to Change Compulsory Attendance Law
2/3/2009
Senate Bill 2596 : An Act to Forbid False Reporting of Child Abuse
2/3/2009
| Missouri |
House Bill 77: Compulsory School Attendance Age Expansion6/11/2009
House Bill 88: Employer Tax Credit
6/11/2009
House Bill 343: Drivers Licensing Requirements
6/11/2009
House Bill 1195: Compulsory School Attendance Age Expansion
6/11/2009
Senate Bill 40: Access to Higher Education Academic Scholarship Program
6/11/2009
Senate Bill 151: Universal Personal Finance Requirement
6/11/2009
Senate Bill 291: Compulsory Attendance Age Expansion
8/11/2009
| Nebraska |
Legislative Bill 253: New Juvenile Code, Change Child Abuse Reporting and Registry6/15/2009
Legislative Resolution 369: Interim Study of Homeschooling
6/15/2008
Legislative Bill 549: Change Provisions Relating to Schools
5/15/2009
| Nevada |
Senate Bill 292: Adopts the Uniform Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Custody Proceedings Act5/18/2009
Senate Bill 330: Initiative for a World Class Education
6/2/2009
Senate Bill 378: Early Education Bill
6/8/2009
| New Hampshire |
House Bill 209: Relative to Enforcement of Parenting Plans5/12/2009
House Bill 367: Relative to the Evaluation Procedure for Home Schooled Students
3/25/2009
| New Jersey |
Assembly Bill 260: Provides for Conscientious Exemption to Mandatory Immunizations10/15/2008
Assembly Bill 375: Raising Upper Age Limit of Compulsory School Attendance
10/21/2008
Assembly Bill 1209: Raising Upper Age Limit of Compulsory School Attendance
6/2/2008
Assembly Bill 1759: Raising the Upper Age Limit of Compulsory School Attendance
6/2/2008
Assembly Bill 3123: Legislation Restricting New Jersey Homeschoolers
10/1/2008
Senate Bill 2334: Giving Government Power to Usurp Parental Rights
11/24/2008
Senate Bill 1967: Legalizing Same—sex Marriage
12/14/2009
| New Mexico |
House Bill 21: Creates Same—Sex Marriage1/14/2009
House Bill 740: Allows Homeschoolers to Participate in Dual Credit Programs
4/6/2099
Senate Joint Resolution 6: Marriage Amendment
2/25/2009
Senate Bill 12: Creates Same—Sex Marriage
1/14/2009
Senate Bill 22: Requires Families to be Mandatory Child Abuse Reporters
1/30/2009
Senate Bill 298: Grandparent Visitation Rights
2/24/2009
| New York |
Assembly Bill 4555: Lowers Compulsory School
Attendance Age from 6 to 55/11/2009
Assembly Bill 6702 and Senate Bill 4779: Allows HPV Vaccine to be Given Without Parental Consent
3/26/2010
Senate Bill 1437: Raises Compulsory School Attendance Age to 18
5/11/2009
| North Carolina |
House Bill 161: Lowing the Compulsory Attendance Age2/18/2009
House Bill 335: Tax Fairness in Education
3/4/2009
House Bill 361: Defense of Marriage
3/4/2009
House Bill 1013: Permitting Participation in Public School Athletics Activities
4/17/2009
House Bill 1116: Permitting Participation in Public School Athletics
4/17/2009
Senate Bill 259: Opening Public School Sports to Homeschool Students
4/13/2009
Senate Bill 272: Defining Marriage as Between a Man and a Woman
2/26/2009
Senate Bill 1012: Creating a Committee to Study Homeschool Participation in Public School Activities
5/15/2009
| North Dakota |
House Bill 1028: Amending High School Coursework Requirements7/10/2009
House Bill 1335: An Act to Create a Tax Deduction for Home Education
2/19/2009
House Bill 1469: An Act to Notify Home Educators of School District Textbooks
7/10/2009
Senate Bill 2161: Requiring Parents to Submit Children’s Identification Information
5/1/2009
Senate Bill 2202: An Act to Lower the Compulsory Attendance Age
7/10/2009
Senate Bill 2217: An Act to Cancel Driver’s Permits and Licenses for Violations of School Attendance
7/10/2009
| Ohio |
Bill O.A.C. 3301—35—08: Five—year Review of Non—Chartered Non—Tax Supported School Regulation12/1/2008
House Bill 81: HPV Vaccination Required
4/11/2007
Lakewood Proposed Ordinance 98—08: Daytime Curfew
5/5/2009
O.A.C. 3301—34—Homeschool Regulation Five— Year Review
8/11/2008
Senate Bill 51: Tax Credit for Homeschoolers
3/8/2007
| Oklahoma |
House Bill 3099: Home Education Freedom Threatened4/7/2010
Senate Bill 308: Removes Truancy Exemption for Homeschool Children
6/28/2009
Senate Bill 472: Requires Home Education Notification and Academic Reports
6/28/2009
Senate Bill 1403: Home Education Notification Bill
4/7/2010
| Oregon |
House Bill 2378: Lowers Compulsory School Attendance Age from 7 to 65/11/2009
House Bill 2797: Repeals Notification and Examination Requirements
7/14/2009
| South Dakota |
House Bill 1312: Expands Virtual School to Include Elementary Schools6/11/2008
| Texas |
House Bill 188: Rights for Children4/2/2009
House Bill 316: Mandatory Kindergarten
6/1/2009
House Bill 319: Exemption from Jury Duty
11/9/2009
House Bill 351: Tuition Refund for Homeschoolers
6/1/2009
House Bill 948: CPS Reform
6/1/2009
House Resolution 1438: Requires Government Oversight on Homeschoolers
6/1/2009
House Bill 1886: Enforcement of Juvenile Curfew Ordinance
5/11/2009
House Bill 2084: Access to a Child by a Grandparent
6/1/2009
Senate Bill 466: Excluding a Child from the Immunization Registry
6/1/2009
Senate Bill 1064: Weakens Families’ Rights During CPS Investigations
6/1/2009
Senate Bill 1440: Weakens Families’ Rights During CPS Investigations
6/22/2009
| Utah |
House Bill 242: Kindergarten Amendments3/17/2009
Senate Bill 61: Home School and Private School Student Participation in Extracurricular Activites
3/17/2009
Senate Bill 146: Modification to Homeschool Law
3/31/2009
| Virginia |
House Bill 1965: Business Tax Credit for Educational Scholarships2/19/2009
House Bill 1976: Income Tax Credit for School Supplies
2/19/2009
House Bill 2605: Removes Provision for Parent—Taught Driver’s
2/19/2009
Senate Bill 1278: Income Tax Credit for School Supplies
2/19/2009
Senate Bill 1547: Home School Eligibility for State Financial Aid
6/11/2009
| West Virginia |
House Bill 2022: Allows for Temporary Custody of Children Without Probable Cause5/1/2009
House Bill 2119: Compulsory School Attendance Age Expansion
5/1/2009
House Bill 2288: Compulsory School Attendance Age Expansion
5/1/2009
House Bill 2454: Against Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation
5/5/2009
House Bill 2544: Grandparent Visitation
5/1/2009
House Bill 2749: Loss of Assessment Option
5/1/2009
House Bill 3233: West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act
3/30/2009
Senate Bill 1: Exemption From Immunization for Religious Reasons
5/1/2009
Senate Bill 701: West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act
5/1/2009
| Wyoming |
House Joint Resolution 15: Education Funding Amendments1/28/2009
Senate Bill 91: Driver Licensing and School Enrollment
1/14/2009
Senate File 99: Career and Technical Training Grants
2/23/2009
Other information: Senate Bill 103: Child Abuse and Neglect Amendments
5/15/2009
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