by CHEWV | Aug 19, 2021 | Legislative, News
A new law, HB2785, passed in the 2021 session and effective last month, affects homeschooled students who are returning to public school. The latter part of section (e) states, “A transcript or other credential provided by a public school program, private school...
by CHEWV | Mar 10, 2021 | Articles, Legislative, WV Law
If you’ve attended CHEWV’s Homeschooling 101 classes, you’ve heard us emphasize something: WV homeschool law 18-8-1(c)(2) is an exemption to WV’s compulsory attendance law. WV children who turn 6 before July 1st of any calendar year are required to attend public...
by CHEWV | Mar 10, 2021 | Legislative, News
When families flourish, communities flourish. For families to flourish, parents must have the freedom to do what they believe before God to be best for their children. Homeschool-related bills progressing this year include vocational school enrollment as well as...
by CHEWV | Feb 8, 2021 | Articles, Blog, Legislative
Homeschooling is home-based, privately funded, and parent-directed. Because homeschoolers do not receive public funds, tax credit legislation is the best way to provide financial help to homeschoolers. Claiming school expenses as tax credits would provide relief to...
by CHEWV | Feb 7, 2021 | Blog, Legislative, News
Where the Definition of “Fair” Gets Blurry Last legislative season, legislators wisely made a distinction between state-funded ESA students and homeschoolers. If such legislation is introduced this session, we trust the same will happen. While that may...
by CHEWV | Feb 7, 2021 | Articles, Legislative
by John Carey, CHEWV’s Legislative Liaison Consider this startling quote from Thomas Jefferson, author of West Virginia’s Religious Freedom Clause: It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the...
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