Resolutions
- 01. WPA and Choice in Education (4/88)
- 02. Wisconsin's Home Schooling Law (4/88)
- 03. State-Mandated Standardized Testing (4/88)
- 04. Home Schooling, Private Education, and the DPI (4/88)
- 05. State Review and Approval of a Home-Based Private Educational Program's Calendar and Curriculum (4/89)
- 06. Teacher Certification of Home Schooling Parents (4/89)
- 07. Entry and Re-entry Into Public Schools (4/90)
- 08. Home Schoolers Taking Courses in Public Schools (4/90)
- 09. Unity Among Home Schoolers (4/90)
- 10. The Primary Role of Parents in Education (4/91)
- 11. Opposition to State Control of Education and the Family (4/91)
- 12. State goals in education (4/92)
- 13. America 2000 and Wisconsin 2000 (4/92)
- 14. Education Vouchers (4/92)
- 15. Outcome-Based Education (4/93)
- 16. Government Collaboration (4/93)
- 17. Maintain the Distinction Between Public and Private Schools (4/93)
- 18. Screening, Evaluating, and Labeling Children (4/94)
- 19. The Federal Government and Homeschooling (4/94)
- 20. Privacy and Homeschooling (4/94)
- 21. The Independence of the Homeschooling Movement (4/95)
- 22. Families First (4/95)
- 23. Homeschooling, Educational Reform, Freedoms, and Money (4/95)
- 24. Maintaining Wisconsin's Homeschooling Law (5/96)
- 25. Maintaining the Fundamental Foundation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities (5/96)
- 26. Attempts by the State to Determine Eligibility to Homeschool (4/97)
- 27. School-To-Work Programs (4/97)
- 28. Day-Time Curfews, Truancy Sweeps, and ID Cards for Homeschoolers (5/98)
- 29. The Real Cost of Tax Credits for Homeschoolers' Educational Expenses (5/98)
- 30. Impact on Homeschooling Freedoms of Homeschoolers' Qualifying for Public School Sports Teams (5/98)
- 31. High Schools' Mock Trial Involving a Homeschooler (5/98)
- 32. Graduation Test (5/99)
- 33. Legislation That Undermines Homeschooling Freedoms (5/99)
- 34. Laws designed to prevent certain families from homeschooling (5/00)
- 35. Survey Research on Homeschooling (5/00)
- 36. Standardized Testing Required by the Federal or State Government (5/01)
- 37. Homeschools Defined by Law as One Family Unit (5/01)
- 38. Public E-Schools (5/02)
- 39. Government Imposed Immunizations (5/02)
- 40. Education Vouchers, Educational Investment Accounts, and Tax Credits and Deductions for Education (5/03)
- 41. Maintaining the Distinction Between Public Schools and Homeschools (and Other Private Schools) (5/03)
- 42. The Media and Homeschooling (5/04)
- 43. Student Identification Database Systems (5/04)
- 44. Mental Health Screening (5/05)
- 45. No Child Left Behind (5/05)
- 46. History of Homeschooling in Wisconsin (5/06)
- 47. Institutionalizing Young Children (5/07)
- 48. Maintaining the Basic Principles of Homeschooling (5/08)
- 49. Importance of Parents to Children’s Development and Learning and a Family’s Well Being (5/09)
- 50. Prevent Further Erosion of the Role of Parents in Children’s Early Years (5/10)
- 51. New Kindergarten Statute and Homeschooling (5/11)
- 52. Encouraging Homeschoolers to File Form PI-1206 Online in Accordance With the Law (5/12)
- 53. Common Core State Standards in Education (5/13)
- 54. Maintain the Distinction Between Homeschooling and Public Virtual Charter Schools (5/14)
- 55. Maintain Parental Rights in Education by Refusing to Sign Public School Withdrawal Forms (5/15)
- 56. Maintaining the Fundamental Foundation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities (5/15)
- 57. Impact on Homeschooling Freedoms of Homeschoolers’ Qualifying for Public School Sports Teams (5/15)
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WHPA
PO Box 2502
Madison, WI 53701
02. Wisconsin’s Home Schooling Law (4/88)
Whereas the current law (1983 Act 512) regarding Home-Based Private Educational Programs (HBPEP) provides for (a) protecting the state’s interest in education by requiring that HBPEPs meet basic educational requirements and comply with the compulsory school attendance law; (b) protecting the parents’ rights by requiring that the information reported to the state and attested to by parents, while sufficient to protect the state’s interest, is not too burdensome or intrusive; does not violate constitutional, parental, and religious rights; and does not violate the principle of innocent until proven guilty; and (c) protecting the rights of children by allowing HBPEPs enough choice and flexibility so that they can be true alternatives and thereby meet the educational needs of the children enrolled in them; and
Whereas certain recommendations to further regulate HBPEPs (a) have not been supported by documented need; (b) would most probably be unconstitutional; (c) have not worked historically in Wisconsin; and (d) would probably do more harm than good; and
Whereas the current law is working well;
Be it resolved by members of the Wisconsin Parents Association (WPA) that WPA supports the current law (1983 Act 512) and opposes changing the law.