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When home educators join CHESCA, they get value for their membership fee. One part of that value is the CHESCA Political Action Committee. This is what the CHESCA PAC does in regard to home education in Ohio:

• Track and respond to events concerning any legal or legislative activity in Ohio
• Track and respond to media opportunities and engagements
• Report to CHESCA members legal or legislative events that merit their consideration
• Research and analyze any political candidates that would support home education
• Report to CHESCA members the needs of good solid candidates in their campaigns
• Informational Meetings
• Workshops, complete with written materials including How To articles
• Free information on the website, as the website is developed

Complete Rule Review Process, from Beginning to End

To understand how a rule review process may develop with regard to the Home Education Regulations (OAC 3301-34), the CHESCA PAC has put together several resources. We have written out an overall process, step-by-step.

Once the "stakeholder input" has been received and distilled by the Ohio Department of Education, there is a whole process as this group meets with a State Board of Education committee, and we have outlined this process. This is important for you to understand.

Another policy group that interacts with the SBE is JCARR, which we break out as a process to understand.

Realizing it is important to contact board members at certain points in this process, should it continue to a full review, we have put together a Contact List of Board Members, along with committees and e-mail addresses.

Finally, we have put together a chart, along with the map of the State Board of Education Members, and how they represent the public interest. A PDF download is available on this page to give home educators knowledge of which board members are up for election or up for appointment by the Governor. The CHESCA PAC hopes you use these resources wisely, to protect your freedom to home educate in the State of Ohio.

Please pass our site pages to all home educators. It is important to know exactly what may come our way.

Special thanks to Melanie Elsey for her contributions to understanding this process.

The stake holder process has begun!

CHESCA Members,

The home education regulations stakeholder process has now begun and the deadline is extended through August 8th. Again, the CHESCA PAC's position is that the home education regulations have worked for over 19 years and there is no need to recommend a review to the State Board of Education.

Click here to provide your comments and suggestions. Please use the link and fill in the form.

Thanks for protecting your home education rights in Ohio.

Mark Stevenson, CHESCA PAC

Are the home education regulations going to change soon?

We have received indicators that the Ohio Department of Education is considering a recommendation to the State Board of Education to review and revise the Ohio Home Education regulations (or rules). The CHESCA PAC has been aware of this potential review of our home education regulations since last year. However, discretion being the better part of valor, we didn't want to alarm anyone until the Department of Education and the State Board of Education make any definite moves to begin this process. The Department of Education will be releasing information as to a "rule review" process. We are asking you to participate in the "stakeholder process" that will be referred to on the ODE web site. The CHESCA PAC will keep you informed within the next few days.

This is the most important situation to come along in the 19 year history of the regulations. The CHESCA PAC will equip you to participate in the most effective way.

Mark Stevenson,

CHESCA Political Action Committee Chairman

Support Group Leaders in Ohio

Attention Support Group Leaders: Please consider joining OhioHSLeaders, an e-mail list for home education support group leaders in Ohio. This list will equip you to prepare your group to participate in the Ohio Department of Education's Stakeholder process. Ohio home educators have a small window of time to provide input into a consideration process by ODE that will make recommendations to the State Board of Education in its September board meeting. The CHESCA Political Action Committee will be using this PAC homepage as a staging area to organize the home education community. Please visit this page for frequent updates.

We provide all this and more as our base of dedicated volunteers grows. We also provide comprehensive election information. We want to give CHESCA members the best possible advantage when they have to engage their politicians. We also want to give them the best possible return for their membership dollars.

You will notice to the right some current events and issues we are tracking. Bringing information like this to our members gives them the distinct advantage of being "in the know" on issues relevant to them. Ohioans are quick to respond to situations and Stark County home educators are no different. Please consider becoming a member of CHESCA and staying informed!

The Political Action Committee has put together a brochure to briefly explain areas where we would like to be productive.

There's a new Stark County Generation Joshua Club starting up! Expressly designed to equip teens to positively impact our American culture for Christ. Please review the information we have online, and consider becoming a part of this effort with your young people!

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