We have educated our older son at home since preschool. Some 10 years later, we are pleased with his progress and enjoy working with him and his younger sibling. We like the flexibility of customizing their education to meet their needs and pursue resources that present materials in line with basic truths and values for our family.
As we considered how different states might affect our quality of life, the state laws governing our freedoms as parents to educate our children are of utmost importance.
We loved rural New Hampshire and didn't even reach deliberations of the climate before we received news from the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) that the state was headed the wrong direction for home school families. We trust the HSLDA implicitly due to their 25 year track record of work as advocates to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms.
So, as our list of possible states narrowed to less than 1/2 dozen, we evaluated this map and the specifics of state requirements:
The HSLDA provides a summary of each state's regulations and from that information, it's easy to check with the state websites to verify the current status. Equipped with this information, the states were narrowed down to Texas, Wyoming, South Dakota and Tennessee.
The next step was the least tangible. Our final consideration involved predicting how comfortable we would be in a new or different climate and the general aesthetics of our surroundings. I should also add that this entire process was bathed in prayer, asking God to show us where He wanted us to settle. More on that in the next post!
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