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Bill to separate homeschool law from nonpublic-school rules advances on bipartisan support in committee hearing
Summary
House Bill 778 would separate homeschool statutes from nonpublic-school provisions, remove a county-superintendent immunization-record requirement for homeschoolers and drop an outdated building-code requirement for homeschool locations. Proponents said the changes are clarifying and protect medical privacy; no opponents appeared in committee.
Representative Randon Gregg introduced House Bill 778, describing it as a clarification that separates nonpublic (private) school provisions from homeschool-specific sections of law so that home educators are not regulated under rules intended for institutions.
"This change about clarity and fairness, providing home educators the legal distinctions they've long needed," Representative Gregg said, adding…
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