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Association of HomeSchool Attorneys (AHSA)  

AHSA is an informal network of attorneys and legal experts in the United States supporting homeschooling and homeschoolers by providing legal information about homeschooling issues, empowering homeschoolers to have the legal tools they need to meet homeschooling challenges, and providing a network of attorneys for legal representation. http://www.ahsa-usa.org/main.php

Directory of State DoEs  
A complete listing of every state's Department of Education website. http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list.cfm?category_ID=SEA
Education Commission of the States Selected Homeschool policy changes nationwide  
Summaries include policies enacted since 2000. Summaries are collected from state Web sites, state newsletters, StateNet, LexisNexis and Westlaw. Descriptions often reflect the content of bills as introduced and may not reflect changes made during the legislative process. To assure that this information reaches you in a timely manner, minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) or format.
http://www.ecs.org/ecs/ecscat.nsf/WebTopicView?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=Homeschooling

FindLaw Education Law Resources  
FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, mailing lists, message boards and free e-mail. ttp://www.findlaw.com/01topics/37education/index.html
GovTrack: Homeschool Legislation Tracking  
A list of current pending legislation in Congress. These bills and resolutions have been proposed by Members of Congress but may not have had any action taken on them on their path to becoming law. In fact, the vast majority of proposed legislation never becomes law. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/subjects.xpd?type=crs&term=Home%20schooling
Home Education Magazine Laws and Regulations Page  

http://www.homeedmag.com/lawregs/lawregs.html

Home School Legal Defense Association  

To preserve and advance the fundamental, God-given, constitutional right of parents and others legally responsible for their children to direct their education. In so doing, we rely on two fundamental freedoms—parental rights and religious freedom. We advocate for these freedoms in the courtrooms, before government officials, and in the public arena. Additionally, we assist other educational organizations in similar activities, where possible and appropriate.  http://www.hslda.org/ 

Homeschoolers United  
Homeschoolers United, first and foremost, recognizes the common ground we share as homeschoolers -- our love for our children and our desire to provide them with the best and most effective learning experiences we can. On that shared and sacred ground, this list will provide mature and civilized nationwide networking and support. Our guiding principle is one of compassion, tolerance and understanding, by all, for all. All are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeschoolersUnited/
Legal Match - Homeschooling Lawyers  
Attorney/Client matching service http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/homeschooling-lawyers.html
National Conference of State Legislatures Education Bill Tracking Database  
National Conference of State Legislatures - Education Bill Tracking Database, customizable by category and state
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/educ_leg.cfm

National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD)  

NHELD provides both information and assistance to its members. NHELD believes, first and foremost, in empowering individuals to act in accordance with their conscience. NHELD does not believe in blindly following the word of anyone. NHELD also does not believe in just directing families to act in unison on the basis of an opinion that NHELD has formed on its own. NHELD believes in an informed, empowered citizenry, who is able to fight for freedom effectively when necessary. http://www.nheld.com/

Open Congress  
OpenCongress brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what's happening in Congress. Small groups of political insiders and lobbyists already know what's really going on in Congress. We think everyone should be an insider.OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. OpenCongress is a joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation. http://www.opencongress.org/




State Legislatures Internet Links  
National Conference of State Legislatures - This database contains information gleaned from the home pages and websites of the fifty state legislatures, the District of Columbia and the Territories. You can select to view specific website content materials (such as, bills, press rooms, statutes) from all states, one state or a selected list of states.  http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm

 

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State Legislative Watch Sites (49+0)

Here are some sites to help you keep up with legislative issues in your state. If you know of other legislative watch sites that would be helpful to include in this list, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  and let us know!