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Home-School Nation


HOME-SCHOOLERS DISMANTLED STATE OVERSIGHT. NOW THEY FEAR PUSHBACK.


SOME STATES ARE CONSIDERING NEW REGULATIONS AMID EFFORTS BY SCHOOL-CHOICE
ADVOCATES TO GIVE HOME-SCHOOL FAMILIES TAXPAYER FUNDING

By Peter Jamison
and 
Laura Meckler
December 28, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EST

Ohio state Rep. Marilyn John (R) co-sponsored a school-choice bill that would
have given public money to home-schoolers as well private-school students. The
state's leading home-school organization opposed the bill, fearing it would
bring new regulations. (Maddie McGarvey for The Washington Post)

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When Melanie Elsey stepped up to the lectern at the Ohio Statehouse in April, it
looked like a triumphant season for home-schoolers.

Lawmakers would soon roll back what little oversight the state exercised over
its booming population of home educators. Now they were discussing what should
have been an equally welcome policy. As part of an expansive school-choice bill,
Republican legislators wanted to offer home-schoolers thousands of dollars in
taxpayer funding each year.


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