Freedom to Homeschool: Don’t Take it for Granted with Attorney James Mason

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Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A handful of states still retain antiquated laws from the 1980s and 90s, but most states have removed unnecessary legal barriers with the recognition that homeschooling works. But pendulums swing, and in America today, the pendulum frequently swings in the wrong direction. Opponents of homeschool freedom are working in new and more coordinated ways to make homeschooling harder and less accessible to parents.

Legislative action to roll back homeschool freedom is being considered in three states in part because of negative portrayals of homeschooling in the press. My guest today is Attorney James (Jim) Mason. He is the president of the Homeschool Legal Defense Association. We're going to cover the history of homeschooling and the role that the Homeschool Legal Defense Association has been playing for over 40 years in securing and maintaining homeschool freedom. And as always, what you can do to help secure your freedom to homeschool in America in the coming years.

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0:00.0	Homechooling is freer in America than it has ever been, and yet a handful of states still retain antiquated laws that were written back in the dark ages of the 1980s and 1990s.
0:12.0	But most states have removed unnecessary legal barriers with the recognition
0:16.7	that homeschooling works.
0:18.8	But pendulums swing, and in America today the pendulum frequently swings in the wrong direction and
0:24.3	opponents of homeschool freedom are working in new and more coordinated ways to make homeschooling harder and less accessible to parents.
0:33.0	Legislative action to roll back homeschool freedom is being considered in Illinois,
0:37.5	Michigan, and West Virginia in part because of negative portrayals of homeschooling in the press.
0:43.4	My guest today is Jim Mason.
0:45.2	He is the president of the Homeschool Legal Defense Association.
0:48.4	We're going to talk a little bit about the history of homeschooling
0:51.6	and the role that the Homeschool Legal Defense Association
0:54.3	has been playing for over 40 years in securing and maintaining homeschool freedom.
0:58.4	This is going to be a fantastic conversation. This is the Heidi St. John podcast.
1:02.4	Stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged. Thank you're
1:15.0	guys for tuning in today. I'm so glad that you're listening to the show and we appreciate very much
1:19.8	that you're leaving reviews for the show wherever podcast reviews are available for people to read.
1:26.3	I want to say that we you know as we talk about homeschooling here at the show you guys know I am a huge proponent of home education and I
1:34.1	continue to maintain that I think homeschooling is the gold standard or it should be
1:39.2	for parents who want to have the maximum impact in the lives of their kids.
1:44.5	And my guest today is a friend of mine, Jim Mason, who is the president of the Home School
1:49.5	Legal Defense Association, and I invited him to come on because I have been seeing and talking about it a little bit on the show from time to time some attacks leveled against homeschooling and I believe these attacks are coming from people who do not value the freedom that homeschooling gives to parents to determine the upbringing and the education of their children.
2:11.0	Before we get going today, I want to say a big thank you to the sponsor of our show.
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