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INACTIVE| Alabama |
House Bill 144: An Act to Revise Child Labor Laws5/22/2009
House Bill 665: Ending Written Notice to Parents Regarding Truancy
4/15/2010
Senate Bill 334: Raising the Compulsory School Attendance Age
5/27/2009
Senate Bill 58: Allowing Participation in Extracurricular Activities in Public School
4/30/2010
Senate Bill 347: Increasing Compulsory Attendance Age from 17 to 18
4/15/2010
| Alaska |
House Bill 33: An Act to Raise the Compulsory Attendance Age4/21/2010
House Bill 59: An Act to Create an Early Childhood Education Plan
4/21/2010
House Bill 69: Alaska Parents as Teachers Act
4/15/2010
Senate Bill 102: An Act to Expand the Compulsory Attendance Age
4/21/2010
Senate Bill 112: Statewide Early Education Plan
4/21/2010
| California |
ACR 115: Supports Rights of Parents4/1/2008
Assembly Bill 755: Anti—corporal Punishment Bill
1/29/2008
Assembly Bill 2943: Banning Corporal Punishment
5/6/2008
Senate Bill 777: Discrimination
10/26/2007
| Colorado |
House Bill 1295: Income Tax Credits for Nonpublic Education3/2/2010
House Bill 1296: Private School Incentives
3/3/2010
Senate Bill 10—056: Developing Standardized Immunization Information to Provide to Parents
4/1/2010
Senate Bill 131: Full—day Kindergarten Incentives
3/3/2010
Senate Joint Resolution 47: Promoting Early Education
5/28/2010
| Connecticut |
House Bill 5443: Requiring Social Services to Disclose Certain Information During Investigations5/6/2010
Senate Bill 899: Recognizes Homosexual Marriages and the Merger of Civil Unions into Marriages
4/29/2009
| Delaware |
House Bill 399: Creating the Delaware State Inspire Scholarship Act10/20/2010
Senate Bill 27: Recognizing Marriage Only between a Man and Woman
3/31/2009
| Florida |
House Bill 1415 and Senate Bill 2642: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program4/19/2010
House Bill 699: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
4/19/2010
House Bill 1453 and Senate Bill 2558: Student Assessment
4/19/2010
Senate Joint Resolution 2550 and House Joint Resolution 1399: Religious Freedom
4/13/2010
Senate Bill 1360: Corporal Discipline
4/13/2010
| Georgia |
House Bill 524: Requiring Approved Home Study Programs5/4/2010
House Bill 634: Increasing Compulsory Attendance Age
5/4/2010
House Bill 834: Expanding Basis for Immunization Exemptions
5/10/2009
House Resolution 850: Requesting German Government to Recognize Right to Homeschool
5/10/2010
House Bill 1031: Mandating School Enrollment within 30 Days of Moving
5/4/2010
House Bill 925: Revising Procedure for Sending Notices of Unexcused Absences
5/5/2010
House Bill 1335: Requiring High School Courses for Preregistered Students to be Eligible to Vote
5/3/2010
House Bill 1064: Increasing Compulsory Attendance Age from 16 to 17
5/4/2010
Senate Bill 60: An Act to Change the Compulsory Attendance Age
5/4/2010
Senate Bill 210: Student Honors Programs Open to Homeschooled Students
4/29/2209
Senate Bill 132: Raising Compulsory Attendance Age from 16 to 17
5/3/2010
Senate Bill 239: Amending Requirements for Filing Notice of Intent
6/9/2010
| Hawaii |
Senate Bill 2349: Participation in Extracurricular Activities by Homeschool Students3/16/2010
| Ilinois |
Senate Bill 183: Education Expense Tax Credit4/13/2009
| Illinois |
HJRCA 2: Protects Marriage Between One Man and One Woman1/14/2009
House Bill 16: Kindergarten Attendance
5/14/2009
House Bill 79: Higher Education Scholarship
4/6/2009
House Bill 178: Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act
3/16/2009
House Bill 205: Requires Eye Examination of Kindergarteners
3/4/2009
House Bill 643: Education Expense Tax Credit
10/17/2010
House Bill 1097: Education Expense Tax Credit
3/18/2009
House Bill 2234: Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act
6/8/2009
House Bill 2591: Virtual Public School
3/16/2009
House Bill 3743: Virtual Public School
3/16/2009
House Bill 3960: Requires Interviews by DCFS of Abused Children to be Videotaped
4/6/2009
Senate Bill 1716: Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act
6/3/2009
| Iowa |
House Study Bill 38: Act to Raise Compulsory Attendance Age1/29/2010
House File 40: Act to Raise Compulsory School Attendance Age
2/12/2010
House File 259: Act to Raise the Compulsory School Attendance Age
1/29/2010
House File 2098: Parent—Taught Driver Education
1/29/2010
Senate File 6: Act to Lower Introductory Compulsory School Attendance Age
1/29/2010
Senate File 17: Act to Raise Compulsory School Attendance Age
1/29/2010
Senate File 350: Parent—Taught Driver’s Education
1/29/2009
Senate File 353: Repeal of Current Marriage Laws
1/29/2010
Senate Study Bill 1012: Act to Raise Compulsory Attendance Age
1/29/2010
| Louisiana |
House Bill 936: Removing Home Study Requirement to Provide Evidence of Immunization7/28/2010
Senate Bill 798: Home Study Diploma Bill
11/2/2010
| Maryland |
House Bill 808: Changing the Definition of Marriage3/8/2010
House Bill 1279: Changing the Definition of Marriage
3/8/2010
House Bill 723: Raising Compulsory School Attendance Age
3/5/2010
Senate Bill 689 and House Bill 1084: Bills to Ban Spanking with an Instrument
3/8/2010
Senate Bill 582: Changing the Definition of Marriage
3/8/2010
Senate Bill 239: Raising Compulsory School Attendance Age
5/4/2010
| Massachusetts |
House Bill 4275/Senate Bill 2028: An Act Relative to Pandemic and Disaster Preparation and Response1/10/2010
House Bill 473: An Act Permitting Non Public School Students to Take the MCAS Exam
1/10/2011
House Bill 4646: An Act Permitting Non Public School Students to Take the MCAS Exam
1/10/2011
House Bill 4753: An Act Relative to High School Dropouts
6/22/2010
House Bill 355: An Act Raising the Compulsory Attendance Age to 18
1/10/2011
House Bill 369: An Act Concerning Kindergarten and the Mandatory Minimum Age for School Attendance
1/10/2011
Senate Bill 245: An Act Changing the Maximum Required Age for School Attendance
1/10/2011
Senate Bill 270: An Act Amending School Attendance
1/10/2011
| Michigan |
House Bill 4030: Raising the Age of Compulsory Attendance to 18 Years12/30/2010
House Bill 4132: Raising the Age of Compulsory Attendance to 18 Years
12/15/2010
House Bill 6674: Raising the Age of Compulsory School Attendance to 18 Years
12/29/2008
House Bill 4787: Raises Compulsory School Attendance Age to 18
1/15/2010
House Bill 5587: Allowing Same—Sex Marriage
11/12/2009
House Bill 5610: Amending Definition of Child Abuse
4/22/2010
House Bill 5623: Expanding Compulsory School Attendance Age
1/26/2010
Senate Bill 122: Mandatory Kindergarten
12/15/2010
Senate Bill 170: Raising the Age of Compulsory Attendance to 18 Years
12/15/2010
Senate Bill 1076: Restoring Compulsory Attendance Requirement to Ages 6 to 16
1/25/2010
| Minnesota |
House File 2863/Senate File 2551: Compulsory School Attendance Age Increase7/13/2010
House File 3417: “Student Driver” Sticker or Magnet Requirement
1/11/2011
House File 2867/ Senate File 2739: Obligations to Children with Disabilities
7/14/2010
House File 3195/ Senate File 2807 Early Childhood Education Program Created
7/14/2010
House File 3208: All Newborns to Receive Unique Identification Number
7/14/2010
Senate File 846/ House File 1037: Homeschool Mandates Reduction
7/13/2010
| Mississippi |
House Bill 874: Prohibitting False Reports of Child Abuse2/4/2010
House Bill 693: Creating an Income Tax Deduction for School Supplies
2/25/2010
House Bill 80: Creating a Task Force to Study the Creation of Pre—kindergarten Programs
3/3/2010
House Bill 355: Creating an Early Childhood Development Program
3/3/2010
House Bill 612: Creating a Children’s Advocacy Commission
3/3/2010
House Bill 1053: Creating a Task Force to Study All State Education Law
2/4/2010
House Bill 1260: Deleting Provision to Withdraw from Public Kindergarten
2/4/2010
House Bill 1268: Increasing Compulsory School Attendance Age to 18 or Graduation
2/4/2010
Senate Bill 2966: Lowing Compulsory School Attendance Age to 5 Years Old
2/4/2010
Senate Bill 2447: Requring Civics Courses be Taught to High School Students
2/4/2010
Senate Bill 2459: Creating Mandatory Prekindergarten for Selected Counties
2/4/2010
Senate Bill 2096: Removing Parents' Right to Withdraw 5—Year—Old Children from Public School
2/4/2010
Senate Bill 2221: Prohibiting Homeschool Students from Receiving Particular College Grants
2/4/2010
Senate Bill 2479: Increasing Compulsory Attendance Age to Begin When a Child is 6 by January 1
2/4/2010
| Missouri |
HB 1504: Access to Missouri Returning Heroes' Education Act Scholarship2/9/2010
House Bill 1543: Elementary and Secondary Education Bill
5/24/2010
House Bill 1297: Lowering the Compulsory School Attendance Age
7/6/2010
Senate Bill 652: Jury Trials in Termination of Parental Rights
2/9/2010
Senate Bill 805: Allows Children's Division to Request Protective Custody for Children
7/6/2010
Senate Bill 688: Homeschool Notification Requirement
2/9/2010
| Montana |
House Bill 590: Creating Domestic Partnerships5/1/2009
Senate Bill 512: Creating a Tax Credit for Educational Expenses
5/1/2009
| Nebraska |
Legislative Bill 754: An Act Adopting the Blind Persons Literacy Rights and Education Act4/16/2010
| New Hampshire |
Constitutional Amendment 29: Relating to Parental Rights3/22/2010
House Bill 139: Relative to the Determination of Parental Rights
4/7/2010
House Bill 1689: Exempting Certain Boards and Committees from Repeal
7/29/2010
House Bill 1555: Adding an Exemption to Immunizations for Conscientious Beliefs
3/12/2010
House Bill 1500: Relative to Excuse From Jury Service
3/12/2010
House Bill 1580: Relative to Home Schooling
3/18/2010
House Bill 368: Relative to Annual Goals and Curriculum in a Home Education Program
1/29/2010
N.H. Code Admin. R. Ed 315 — Review of Home Education Rules
7/13/2010
Senate Bill 503: Relative to Unique Pupil Identification
7/29/2010
| New Mexico |
House Joint Resolution 8: Marriage Defined3/3/2010
New Mexico House Bill 121: Marriage Defined as Between One Man and One Woman
2/2/2010
Senate Joint Resolution 1: Defining Marriage
2/5/2010
| North Carolina |
House Bill 2070 and Senate Bill 1156: Defense of Marriage7/27/2010
House Bill 2018 and Senate Bill 1410: Allowing Participation in Public School Sports
7/27/2010
House Bill 1988: Providing for Tax Credit for Homeschoolers
7/27/2010
| North Dakota |
House Bill 1171: Ending Parental Qualifications, Monitoring, and Location Requirements4/29/2009
| Ohio |
House Bill 371: To Establish the Category of a Child in Need of Protective Services1/10/2011
Reynoldsburg Daytime Curfew
1/10/2011
| Pennsylvania |
House Bill 1217: Eliminating Portfolio Review by Superintendent11/30/2010
House Bill 1540: Promoting Equal Access to Public School Extracurricular Activities
11/30/2010
House Bill 1997: Excusing Homeschooling Parents from Jury Duty
10/2/2009
House Bill 467: Creating the REACH Scholarship
4/20/2010
House Bill 2301: Increasing Compulsory School Attendance to Age 18
3/11/2010
House Bill 2447: Creating Civil Unions
4/27/2010
House Bill 1602: Requiring Principal to Interview Students Withdrawing or Absent from Public School
10/2/2009
| Rhode Island |
House Resolution 7288: Constitutional Amendment in Defense of Marriage3/10/2010
House Bill 8067: Raises Compulsory School Attendance Age to 18
7/7/2010
Senate Resolution 29: Redefining Marriage
1/21/2009
| South Carolina |
House Bill 3107: An Act to Create a Tax Credit for Homeschooling Families6/25/2010
House Bill 3802: South Carolina Educational Opportunity Act
6/3/2010
House Bill 3866: Raising the Compulsory Attendance Age
6/25/2010
House Bill 3645: Raising Compulsory School Attendance Age and Requiring Daily Attendance Records
6/24/2010
House Bill 4719: Increasing School Attendance Requirements for Driver’s License
6/24/2010
Senate Bill 29: An Act to Raise the Compulsory Attendance Age
6/25/2010
Senate Bill 42: An Act Creating Civil Unions for Homosexual Couples
6/25/2010
Senate Bill 254: An Act to Tie Driver’s Licenses to School Attendance
6/25/2010
Senate Bill 520: South Carolina Educational Opportunity Act
6/25/2010
Senate Bill 1300: Excusing Homeschooling Parents from Jury Duty
6/8/2010
Senate Bill 151: An Act Opening Public School Extracurricular Activities to Homeschool Students
6/3/2010
| South Dakota |
House Bill 1160: Participating in Scholarship Programs4/30/2010
House Bill 1168: Lowers Upper Compulsory School Attendance Age Limit
2/26/2010
House Concurrent Resolution 1014: In Support of the Parental Rights Amendment
3/12/2010
| Tennessee |
House Bill 72: An Act to Open Interscholastic Public School Activities to Homeschool Students4/29/2009
House Resolution 87: Requesting the German Federal Government Recognize Basic Parental Rights
5/27/2009
House Bill 431: Requiring State to Recognize High School Diplomas from Any Legal Education Program
6/9/2009
House Bill 432: Requiring State to Recognize High School Diplomas from Any Legal Education Program
6/25/2010
House Bill 1418: Validating Diplomas from Church—Related Schools and Homeschools
6/25/2010
House Bill 797 and Senate Bill 1262: Opening Public School Athletics to Homeschool Students
6/24/2010
House Bill 3745 and Senate Bill 3485: Allowing Homeschool Students into Public School Sports
6/24/2010
House Bill 3688 and Senate Bill 2741: Parental Choice Scholarship Act
6/25/2010
House Bill 7022 and Senate Bill 7016: Parental Choice Scholarship Act
6/24/2010
Senate Bill 422: Authorizing Homeschool Students to Participate in Public School Athletics
6/25/2010
Senate Bill 1283: Religious Freedom Restoration Act
7/9/2009
Senate Bill 1913: Validating Diplomas from Church—Related Schools and Homeschools
6/25/2010
| Utah |
Senate Bill 66: Public School Extracurricular Activities for Home School and Private School Students4/7/2010
| Vermont |
House Bill 668: Tax credit for Private School Tuition7/13/2010
House Bill 613: Teaching the History of Organized Labor and Collective Bargaining
7/13/2010
SB 253: Promoting Parental Rights Within the Special Education Process
7/14/2010
Senate Bill 242: Subsidized Home Study Program for Disabled Children
7/13/2010
| Virginia |
House Bill 189: Philosophical Exemption from Immunization2/18/2010
House Bill 599: Scholarship Tax Credits
2/26/2010
House Bill 669: Ends Triennial Census
4/30/2010
House Joint Resolution 193: Parental Rights Amendment Support
3/10/2010
House Bill 270: Vaccination Plan
3/16/2010
House Joint Resolution 55: Repeals Virginia's Marriage Amendment
2/18/2010
Senate Bill 413: Ends Triennial Census
4/30/2010
| Washington |
House Bill 1607: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation5/11/2009
House Bill 1727: Expanded Rights and Benefits of Same—Sex Partners
5/11/2009
House Bill 2056: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation
5/11/2009
House Bill 2091: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation
5/11/2009
Senate Bill 5477: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation
5/11/2009
Senate Bill 5643: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation
5/11/2009
Senate Bill 5688: Expanded Rights and Benefits of Same—Sex Partners
5/11/2009
Senate Bill 6013: Allows Court to Order Grandparent Visitation
5/11/2009
| West Virginia |
House Bill 3233/Senate Bill 638: West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act7/13/2010
House Bill 3069/Senate Bill 157: Immunization Exemptions for Schoolchildren
7/13/2010
House Bill 2524: Religious Freedom Restoration Act
7/13/2010
House Bill 2477: Religious Freedom Act
7/13/2010
House Bill 4593: Relating to High School Graduation Improvement
4/1/2010
House Bill 2119: Changing the Compulsory Attendance Age from 16 to 18
7/13/2010
House Bill 4165/Senate Bill 343: Increasing the Compulsory School Attendance Age
7/13/2010
| Wisconsin |
Assembly Bill 119: Mandatory Kindergarten12/3/2009
Senate Bill 69: Education Tax Credit
7/7/2010
Senate Bill 89: Mandatory Kindergarten
7/6/2010
| Wyoming |
House Bill 109: Compulsory School Attendance3/12/2010
House Bill 16: Private School Licensing Exemption
3/12/2010
Other information: LSO 194: Compulsory School Attendance
1/19/2010
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