Defending Homeschool Freedom—One Bill at a Time | An Interview with Scott Woodruff

With state legislatures in session, HSLDA’s legislative season is in full swing! It’s all-hands-on-deck to preserve homeschool freedom, but what exactly does that look like? Scott Woodruff (HSLDA Director of Legal and Legislative Advocacy) gives Jim Mason (HSLDA President) the rundown on the types of bills we are watching—from homeschool statutes to religious-freedom and parental-rights bills. Scott also explains the mechanisms in place when we oppose or support a bill, and how your grassroots efforts and support for HSLDA keep making homeschooling possible.

“We send out alerts to members and friends urging them to call lawmakers to oppose a bill. With thousands of people getting that request for action, lawmakers are going to be hearing from their constituents. If a lawmaker has gotten 100 phone calls opposing a bill and then I call that lawmaker, now the lawmaker listens, not because he cares about me, but because he knows his constituents know about this and they’re going to hold him accountable for it.”—Scott Woodruff