Defending the freedom of parents to train, educate, and care for their children privately, without governmental interference. Working to detect, analyze, monitor, and intervene in all legislation affecting the legality of private home education in California since 1986.
Click the button above to go to our Contact form and choose “I would like to receive emails from FPM.” Email Alerts provide firsthand reports of any changes in the law and legal/legislative threats to parental Continue reading Sign Up to Get Our Emails!
You can make a difference. Watch the real story about how inviting a legislator to a homeschool event contributed to a victory for homeschool freedoms! Visit fpmca.org/capitolday for more information on how you can get Continue reading You Can Make a Difference
We need your help in a crucial element of stopping bad policy! What element is that? Watch this video to find out! Visit fpmca.org/capitolday for more information on how you can get involved in Capitol Continue reading We Need Your Help!
Capitol Day is only a few weeks away! Here are the speakers you can expect to hear on February 13th. Assemblyman James Gallagher has represented California’s Third Assembly District since 2014. Before joining the Assembly, Continue reading Virtual Capitol Day- Speakers Announced!
Stand Firm! We Won’t Be Shaken! It is tempting to place our hope in the outcome of elections. However we must remember that the kingdoms of this world will come and go, but God is Continue reading The Battle Belongs to the Lord
Did you know Family Protection Ministries is on many social media platforms? To stay up to date on our videos, announcements, and other special posts, check out the links below! If you are active on Continue reading Our Social Medias!
Virtual Capitol Day & Advocacy from Home 2021 As we begin 2021, we’d like to share some exciting news about our ministry! Our Capitol Day, an event for private homeschoolers, has been held by FPM in Sacramento at Continue reading Join Us for Our Upcoming Event!
The California Legislature Has Started the 2021-2022 Legislative Session. New proposed legislation is now beginning to stream into our state capitol in Sacramento. This new 2-year legislative session for California begins today, Monday, December 7th. Continue reading The California Legislature is in session!
Thank you so much to all of you who generously donated to our ministry on Tuesday! If you would like to contribute but were not able to yesterday, you still can! Visit fpmca.org/donate/.
https://fpmca.org/donate/ The COVID-19 restrictions imposed this year have caused new and frustrating challenges for all of us. One major impact to FPM resulting from state-imposed gathering restrictions this year was the absence of homeschool conferences Continue reading Reasons to Give to FPM (5 of 5)
https://fpmca.org/donate/ Throughout the past several months, we have spent a considerable amount of our time and energies detecting, analyzing, monitoring, and intervening in non-legislative policymaking here in California. This includes the many executive orders from Continue reading Reasons to Give to FPM (4 of 5)
https://fpmca.org/donate/ One of the bills we worked on this year in 2020 was SB 1153. SB 1153 contained ambiguous language regarding a requirement for students in California to attend kindergarten prior to attending first grade. Continue reading Reasons to Give to FPM (3 of 5)
https://fpmca.org/donate/ Jim Mason, Vice President of HSLDA, acknowledged the importance of our work this year in an article titled “A Look back at the Great California Homeschool Case of 2008,” saying, “Jim and Roy, and Continue reading Reasons to Give to FPM (2 of 5)
Leading up to Giving Tuesday this year, we will be doing a series of posts about reasons to consider giving to Family Protection Ministries (FPM). Reasons to Give to FPM (1 of 5) https://fpmca.org/donate/ Our Continue reading Reasons to Give to FPM (1 of 5)
It is easier to be involved in electing good legislators than it is to fight every bad piece of legislation that comes up in the course of a year. On Tuesday, November 3rd, between 7:00 Continue reading Register to Vote by October 19th!
Every year, the Private School Affidavit (PSA) must be filed between October 1st and 15th. If you are enrolled in a Private School Satellite Program (PSP), the school’s administrator files one affidavit for the whole group. Continue reading It’s Time To File the Private School Affidavit!
Governor Newsom’s statements about reopening schools made during his press conference on 7/17/2020 do not apply to single-family private homeschools who have filed (or will file) the Private School Affidavit. If you have more specific questions about Private School Satellite Programs Continue reading California School Reopening Guidelines Do Not Apply to Single-Family Private Homeschools