In the midst of the fight, a high official in the state department of education was asked what he knew about home schooling. Legislators want to see the product of home schooling. We train local home schoolers to lobby as families. Often, congressmen and their aides are more interested in talking to the children about home schooling than in discussing legislation. Invite your legislator to address a support group meeting.
Most politicians are happy to speak to a group of potential voters.
Ask him to explain how the legislative system works and the legislation in which he is interested. The second reason home schoolers are effective is because of our passion for home education and parental freedoms. When the desire for freedom becomes a passion, people will fight for it. In 1994, an amendment to House Resolution 6 would have required all students to be taught by subject-certified teachers. Alarmed home schoolers besieged Congress with phone calls, faxes, and letters.