S.B. 285 (the Mandatory Kindergarten bill) passed the Senate on April 16, 2024.
S.B. 285 has passed the Michigan Senate, but it will need to pass the Michigan House before it can be sent to the Governor to become law.
Here is who voted for it:
Yeas—21: Anthony, Cherry, Klinefelt, Polehanki, Bayer, Geiss. McCann, Santana, Brinks, Hertel, McDonald, Rivet, Shink, Camilleri, Irwin M...
As a parent, you are in charge of graduating your homeschool student. The administrators of a homeschool (the parents) have the ability to determine requirements for graduation, just like private schools do.
When your child has completed what you determine to be your school’s requirements for graduation, you may:
graduate them
award a diploma
and write a transcript for colleg...
Friends,
A draft of a homeschool registration bill HAS BEEN WRITTEN and is waiting to be introduced to the Michigan House Education Committee. This existence of this draft bill has been confirmed, but the details have not yet been released to the public. There is no official bill number yet, because it has not been presented to the Education Committee yet for review. Our belief is that the D...
MiCHN’s Position Paper on Public School Partnerships
MiCHN wants to clearly state what has always been the case: Our vision explains that we exist “to promote Biblically-based, family-centered, privately-funded, parent-directed home discipleship” in Michigan. Therefore, we do not encourage involvement in any ‘shared time’ or partnership programs with the public ...
On September 20, 1984, Ottawa County contacted homeschooling parents Mark & Christine DeJonge to
inform them they were illegally homeschooling their two young children.
Report From the Capitol:
Breaking News!
Rep. Kara Hope (D) has revealed that the author of one of the pending homeschool registration bills is Rep. Kimberly Edwards (D) of the 12th House District. Her district includes part of Macomb and Wayne counties. We strongly encourage anyone in her district to call, email or visit one of her coffee hours to express your opposi...
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