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Welcome to the CHESCA Political Action Committee's Homepage!

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

Ohio HB 371 is intrusive to home schoolers!

HB 371: Children in Need of Protective Services (CHIPS) Hearing

HB371 is scheduled for a second hearing next week. Ohio House Civil and Commercial Law Committee has scheduled HB 371 for PROPONENT testimony only.

Ohio Statehouse, Hearing Room 116

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 1 pm.

This legislation makes substantial changes to Ohio's child abuse / neglect statutes by repealing these defined terms and instead more broadly defining a "child in need of protective services". The language sets up a one-strike system for state intervention and is much more intrusive in its application.

1. Please see the details described in the legislative alert posted below.

2. Please contact your state representative and express opposition to this legislation.

3. Please plan to attend a future hearing expected for opposition testimony. This committee regularly meets on Tuesdays at 1pm. We will post the agenda as soon as it is received.

HB 371 would repeal the terms "abused", "neglected", and "dependent" children in major sections of Ohio's civil code and create a new category - "a child in need of protective services" This shift in core terms in state law will affect every Ohio family with minor children, because it will clearly broaden the net cast by child protective service agencies to justify an increase in the state's intervention into the home.

Ohio House Civil and Commercial Law Committee held its 1st hearing January 19th (sponsor testimony only). Further hearings are at the discretion of the Committee Chairman Mark Okey. This committee usually meets on Tuesday afternoons at 1pm at the Statehouse. IF a hearing is scheduled for opposition testimony we will NEED to fill the hearing room with concerned parents - with a few willing to present testimony expressing concerns with the language. When the committee agenda is posted (usu. the previous Thursday) each week we will post it on the blog and Facebook.

Read the full legislative alert here or here.

Your questions may be posted on the CHEO blog in the comment section.

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 has discussed the Ohio Department of Education's Stakeholder process and topics related to support groups. If you lead a support group, send an introduction to the group moderator and you will find many leaders from around the state waiting to get to know you.

Volunteering opportunities

Volunteer! We provide all this and more as our base of dedicated volunteers grows. 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.

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