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August

Sheriff Rejects Homeschool Grad

College Complications: Homeschool Graduates Overcome Obstacles

Welcome to the Neighborhood!

Homeschool Graduate Successfully Obtains NCAA Scholarship

Homeschooler Enlists in Army after HSLDA Resolves Misunderstanding

Court Rules Homeschoolers’ Religious Freedom Not Violated

German Youth Authorities Allow Gorber Children Home ‘Temporarily’

Washington Times Op-ed—Parents Share Teaching Load in Co-ops

Court Victory Prompts Letters of Appreciation

Homeschoolers Sweep First Round of Children’s International Arts Festival

Hoekstra Receives 110th Congress Friend of Homeschooling Award

Homeschoolers Thwart Daytime Curfew

Department of Education Agrees to Change Form

Daytime Curfew a Bad Idea

Schwarzenegger and O’Connell React to Homeschool Ruling

State Makes Demand for Unauthorized Information

New Hampshire Homeschoolers Have Freedom to Choose

A Great Victory for California Homeschoolers

Homeschoolers Win Landmark Case

State Withdraws Remediation Demand

Newport News Drops Birth Date Requirement

State Retreats from Race Demand

German Court Keeps Five Kids Because Parents are Homeschoolers

July

Washington Times Op-ed—Teens Challenged to do Hard Things

European Commission to Open Dialogue with Germany on Homeschooling Law

Dudek Family Receives Formal Sentence

School Drags Feet on Letter

Driver Permits Held up by Unauthorized Demands

Family Threatened and Told to Submit Affidavit

Important Recommendations Concerning ISPs

Give My Regards to Broadway—And Please Forget about Us

Favorable Development in the California Homeschooling Case

Board to Publish Correction Following Census Error

Happy Graduation Despite Social Worker Threat

Washington Times Op-ed—Homeschooling Pioneers Deserve Thanks for Efforts

Court Rebuffs Grandparents’ Request for Visitation Rights

June

Homeschooler Among Top Award Winners in Financial Literacy Challenge

Keep Praying for the California Case

Capitol Hill Testimony a Success!

Homeschool Family Threatened with Truancy Charges

Principal Demands Homeschooler Fill Out a Form or Face Truancy

False Anonymous Tip Drags Family Through Needless Investigation

Superintendent Demands New Homeschooler Attend ‘Compliance Meeting’

Social Worker Threatens Truancy Charges

Driver’s License Bills Fail

Favorable Diploma Bill Dies

HSLDA Condemns German Court for Jailing Homeschool Parents

Legislative Roller Coaster

Equal Access Bills Fail

Washington Times Op-ed—More Problems for Homeschoolers in Germany

German Family Faces Trial, Possible Jail Time for Homeschooling

Controversy Over Proposed D.C. Homeschool Regulations Gets Media Attention

Regarding Obama Campaign’s ‘Joshua Generation’ Project

May

Zoning Enforcers Threaten Big Family

Mineral Area College Drops GED Demand

Subway Apologizes

Open Letter to Subway: Let Homeschoolers Enter Contest

Washington Times Op-ed—Acceptance Grows but Myths Persist

Misguided Driver’s License Bill Fails to Pass

Trouble Getting a State-Issued ID

School Rejects Home Instruction Plan

Family Receives Truancy Notice

Legislature Closes with Freedom Intact

Requirement of Homeschooler ID Numbers Averted

April

Washington Times Op-ed—California May Ban Spanking

Superintendent Insists On Unauthorized Meeting

Memphis Official Resists Obeying Law

Testing Bill Defeated

Washington Times Op-ed—California Case Jeopardizes Gains

Superintendent’s Requirements Usurp the Bounds of the Law

DuPage County Requests Unnecessary Registration

Homeschool Family Accused of Letting TV Replace Schoolwork

Homeschoolers Overcome Difficulties to Participate in Rodeo

Member Obtains Cancellation of Portfolio Review

Governor Proclaims Home Education Awareness Week

Federal Relations Department Hosts National Homeschool Leader Summit

March

Support Homeschooling: Write to Your Local Newspaper

Please Participate in New Homeschool Academic Study

Governor Issues Homeschool Proclamation

Court of Appeal Grants Petition for Re-hearing

Coming Together in California

Depublishing the Court of Appeal Ruling regarding In re Rachel L.

Unfolding Legal Process in California

Legislative Round Up: Governor Signs Bills Improving Homeschool Law

Washington Times Op-ed—Fundamental Right in Jeopardy

Two Bills Diverged In a Yellow Wood

Defending Homeschool Freedom in California

Governor Declares Home Education Week March 30-April 6

Lynchburg Retracts Threat to Religious Exemptions

Response to Ruling of California Court of Appeal

School Demands Records

Family Almost Loses Benefits

Dropouts Required to Homeschool

Family Narrowly Escapes Truancy Charges

Truant Officer Targets 5-Year-Old

Legislation Affecting Homeschoolers Defeated

Superintendent Says ‘No’ to Homeschooling

Follow Up—Bad Decision by Second Appellate District of California

Defending Homeschool Freedom in California

February

Family Told to ‘Prove’ they Homeschool

Homeschoolers Break Attendance Records at Public Hearing

Social Worker Gives Up

Washington Times Op-ed—Political Resistance Continues

Homeschool Family is Accused of Truancy

Homeschool Family Faces $7,000 Fine

Family Accused of Having ‘Too Many Kids’

Washington Times Op-ed—Meeting Challenges of Teaching

Tragedy Prompts Calls for Heightened Scrutiny of Homeschoolers

January

Legislator Wants to Take Homeschool Law Back to the ‘Dark Ages’!

Help Germans Ask Their Chancellor: ‘Why isn’t Homeschooling Allowed?’

Washington Times Op-ed—Treaty Threatens Parents’ Rights

Daytime Curfews Continue to Threaten Freedom

Concerned Family Declines Evaluation

Family Told What Curriculum to Use

Trouble in the City

Potentially Dangerous Ordinance Changed

Health Department Seeks Immunization Records

Persecuted Homeschool Family to Leave Germany

Public School Official Attempts to Recruit Homeschoolers

Homeschool Mom Exonerated of Compulsory Education Charges

HB 28—Unfavorable Change in Compulsory Attendance Age