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Sign up for the SCOPE and CHEA Annual Conference! Register Now Family Discipleship Homeschool Conference and Curriculum Fair June 8th – 9th, 2018 Location: William Jessup University 2121 University Ave Rocklin, CA 95765 Cost: Starting at Continue reading Visit Family Protection Ministries at the SCOPE/CHEA Conference in Rocklin, CA!
Joint Newsflash – May 17, 2018 From: Roy Hanson and Nathan Pierce – Family Protection Ministries, and Mike Smith – HSLDA Just when we, the homeschool community, thought we could breathe a sigh of relief after AB 2926 Continue reading New Tragedy Reviving Criticism of Homeschooling
Please read the message below from HSLDA. Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: As I’m sure you know, we just went through the greatest threat to homeschool freedoms in the California Legislature since the founding of Continue reading Roy and Nathan Fought the Good Fight. Now They Need Your Support. A message from Mike Smith
Homeschooling Under Fire: Should Regulations Increase? A message from HSLDA Please read the following message that we are passing on from Mike Smith of HSLDA. Dear HSLDA members and friends, Like many of you, we Continue reading Homeschooling Under Fire: We Are Monitoring Legislation
June 13, 2017 From: Roy Hanson and Nathan Pierce — Family Protection Ministries The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is the premier nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents Continue reading Please Join HSLDA
NEWSFLASH – May 10, 2017 From: Roy Hanson and Nathan Pierce — Family Protection Ministries This past February was Family Protection Ministries’ Capitol Day and Christian Home Educators Association’s Leadership Conference. Capitol Day has Continue reading Capitol Day/Leadership Conference: A Success!
NEWSFLASH – May 19th, 2016 From: Roy Hanson — Family Protection Ministries ***** ***** ***** ***** On Tuesday, June 7th, between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., we have the opportunity to go to the Continue reading Remember to Vote!
JOINT LEGISLATIVE NEWSFLASH – September 3, 2015 From: Roy Hanson–Family Protection Ministries and Mike Smith–HSLDA Bill: AB 713 (Weber) – Mandatory Kindergarten AB 713 has been stopped in the Senate Appropriations Committee. We are thankful Continue reading Victory – AB 713 Stopped!
We are not attorneys and we are not giving out legal advice. HSLDA is available to answer legal questions for their members. SB 277 will not go into effect until July 1, 2016. That means Continue reading SB 277 Vaccine Law – No Change This School Year
Katcho Achadjian Phone: 916-319-2035 Fax: 916-319-2135 Luis A. Alejo Phone: 916-319-2030 Fax: 916-319-2130 Travis Allen Phone: 916-319-2072 Fax: 916-319-2172 Toni G. Atkins Phone: 916-319-2078 Fax: 916-319-2178 Catharine B. Baker Phone: 916-319-2016 Fax: 916-319–2116 Frank Bigelow Continue reading Members of the CA State Assembly as of 5/22/15
October 1, 2014 The Private School Affidavit (PSA) is now available on the California Department of Education’s web site at www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ps/rq/affidavit.asp. Private schools, including single-family home-based schools (homeschoolers), can proceed to file their affidavits. We Continue reading Filing the Private School Affidavit 2014-2015 School Year
Socialism in the United States – Part 1 Socialism is a pie-in-the-sky utopian economic dream. But it has a hard “rubber-meets-the-road” impact on each of us, whether we like it or not. Economic socialism relies Continue reading 2012 – Our Nation Hangs in the Balance
(This article was originally published in our March-July 2012 newsletter.) The battle over AB 2109 has caused us to do far more detailed research into the vaccine controversy than we have in the past. Most Continue reading Deaths and Disabilities and the Increasing Number of Vaccine Injections
A young boy’s parents are in a legal battle with doctors over the right to make medical decisions for their son. Jacob’s cancer was gone but the doctors still wanted to administer more chemotherapy or Continue reading Every Parent’s Nightmare
June 14, 2011 (This article is out of date, please refer to our more recent immunization articles.) Private and Home Educators of CA and HSLDA (Private and Home Educators is a program of Family Protection Continue reading Immunization Requirements for All California K-12 Students
By Maurice Roberts [Editor – Thankfully the condition described below is not true of most of you. Yet there are times when we all need to be encouraged and reminded to persevere and stay alert Continue reading The Danger of Becoming Battle-Weary
(Updated January 2011) Efforts to pass local daytime curfews have been pursued over the last several years by cities and counties across California. Though they vary, these local ordinances generally make it illegal for a Continue reading A Threat to Your Freedom: Local Daytime Curfews
What’s the Problem? America’s increasing movement toward a full-blown welfare state, with its acceleration deeper into socialism,1 should raise grave concerns. The U.S. is not a total socialistic country yet, but we could be there in the Continue reading America’s Stampede Into Socialism:
Inhibiting Excess in Government (March 2010) Private & Home Educators of California Roy Hanson, Jr. – Director We as citizens are the counterweight, the balancing force, which our founding fathers designed into our unique form Continue reading The Counterweight
(January 5th, 2010) Private & Home Educators of California Roy Hanson, Jr. – Director There are many reasons to avoid involvement in public education programs. One of those reasons is to protect our children’s privacy. Continue reading Public Education vs. Personal Privacy