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Public Comment Needed from All Counties

by Nancy Manos | May 22, 2025 | Legislative, Uncategorized

Submit public comments in support of the current homeschool regulations!

The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) is performing a review of six chapters of Title 13A, including the chapters on Nonpublic Schools (13.A.09) and Home Instruction (13.A.10). This is part of a mandatory review that has been required for all of Maryland’s regulating agencies over an 8-year period. The evaluation will result in a report made by the MSDE to the Maryland General Assembly.

The MSDE will specifically be evaluating “the need to retain, amend, or repeal any provisions of these regulations based on whether they:
Continue to be necessary for the public interest?
Continue to be supported by statutory authority or and judicial opinion?
Are obsolete or other appropriate for amendment or repeal?
Are effective in accomplishing their intended purpose?”

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗦𝗗𝗘 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
Submit public comments in support of the current homeschool regulations.

BY MAIL
Madeline Houck, Policy Analyst in the Office of Government Affairs
Maryland State Department of Education
200 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

BY EMAIL: regulatoryreview.msde@maryland.gov
Put “Regulatory Review” in the subject line.

We’re so grateful to have you alongside us as we work to support and defend homeschooling freedoms in Maryland!

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Announcing the Convention Keynote Speaker…

by Hannah Day | Feb 16, 2023 | Convention, Uncategorized

MACHE is thrilled to welcome Mike Smith as the 2023 Convention Keynote Speaker!

Mike grew up in Arkansas and graduated from the University of Arkansas. Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and served for three years before attending law school at the University of San Diego. He graduated in 1972 and was admitted to practice law in the state of California shortly thereafter. He is licensed in Virginia, California, and Washington, D.C.

In 1981, Mike’s life changed drastically when he heard a radio program that introduced him to the idea of homeschooling. Mike and his wife, Elizabeth, began homeschooling one year at a time to meet the academic and social needs of their children. After several years, however, it became obvious that God had exposed the Smith family to homeschooling for many other benefits, including spiritual development and family integrity. All of Mike’s children are now grown, and three of the four were homeschooled.

As co-founder of HSLDA, Mike began defending homeschooling in California both in court and before the legislature. In 1987, he came to HSLDA full-time. He faithfully served as vice president until 2000 and then as president until 2022. During his tenure as president, he was also HSLDA’s lawyer for California, Nevada, and Puerto Rico. Mike continues to work part-time as HSLDA’s major donor relations officer under the title of President Emeritus.

Join us on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the University of Maryland Riggs Alumni Center to hear Mike Smith and many other wonderful speakers for an intimate time of inspiration, bolstering, and refreshment for all Maryland homeschool families!

Public Comment Needed from All Counties

Announcing the Convention Keynote Speaker…

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