This Spring, out-of-touch Democrats were fighting to strip educational freedom, hammer schools with unfunded mandates, and enact woke gender policies in our schools. House Republicans fought to empower parents and families - and stopped some of the nonsense.

Minority spokesperson on the House Education Policy Committee Amy Elik (R-Alton) led the fight against the burdensome Homeschool Act. This act would have mandated an unnecessary annual registration scheme for homeschool families.

State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton) says the fight for homeschool families continues following news that the Homeschool Act, HB 2827, was held on third reading and not brought for a vote by last Friday’s House bill deadline. This bill places unnecessary mandates on homeschool families and includes an annual registration scheme. The public has been vocal in opposition to this bill. Elik’s concerns are about the cost of the mandates on different levels of government as well as the restrictions this will have on homeschool families.

An amendment to the Homeschool Act was filed yesterday and posted for hearing this morning at 8:00 a.m. in the Education Policy Committee. 

State Representative Amy Elik continues to stand with homeschooling families in opposition to the bill and urges them once again to sign witness slips in opposition to the this new attack on homeschool freedom.

While more than 40,000 witness slips were filed in opposition to the original bill, opponents must once again file witness slips on the new amendment.

Witness slips can now be filed on Amendment 2 to HB 2827.


Follow along with committee here: https://ilga.gov/houseaudvid.asp

Legislation being brought forward in the Illinois House to add new regulations and mandates on Illinois homeschooling families has drawn the opposition of tens of thousands of residents. The measure, HB2827, requires parents to meet certain educational qualifications, notify school districts when homeschooling begins, and provide evidence of teaching materials if concerns arise. It also extends registration requirements to private schools.

It is no secret that Democrats hold a supermajority in the Illinois General Assembly. For years they’ve been wielding their power with abandon and at great expense to Illinoisans’ right to participate in the legislative process. The Democrats in charge have been suppressing the rights of Illinoisans to weigh in on public policy through a number of strategic moves designed to keep the public in the dark and stifle their viewpoints, especially if those viewpoints run counter to those of the supermajority.

Democrats in Illinois continue to push overreaching legislation and expansion of government, and the latest example comes in the form of HB 2827, filed last week in the House by Rep. Terra Costa Howard. Creation of the ‘Homeschool Act’ will impact thousands of Illinois families who have lawfully chosen to homeschool their children. This right was upheld in the “People v. Levisen” Illinois Supreme Court case from 1950.