Illinois Policy's Mailee Smith Testifies Against HB 2827

Attorney Mailee Smith testified in opposition to HB 2827 before the Illinois House Education Policy Committee, saying in part:

"Nothing in HB 2827 is about what’s best for kids or somehow improves education for those students who are struggling. Instead, it’s about tracking and regulating every single family and school that is not a government public school. That’s why the original version of this bill, which is nearly identical in substance to the amended version, together with the amendment generated a historic 60,000+ witness slips in opposition, versus about 1,000 in support as of March 18. That is a record for the highest number of witness slips filed against a bill since at least 2011. Many, if not most of the mere 1,000 in support appear to be opponents of the bill who filed incorrectly under the confusing slipping system.

There are two main components of this bill: the regulation of homeschool families, and the regulation of private schools. Both are constitutionally flawed."

Read more: https://www.illinoispolicy.org/testimony-homeschool-act-is-unconstitutional-government-intrusion-into-families-privacy/