"Many homeschooled children are academically ready to do college-level work between the ages of 14 and 16. Additionally, researchers have found that age/grade isolation or segregation actually inhibits socialization. Available data demonstrates that homeschooled children are ahead of their public school counterparts in maturity, socialization, and vocabulary development." - Elizabeth Smith/HSLDA website.
1. Allow homeschool families to deduct expenses for curriculum, school supplies, and other school-related exenditures that K-12 educators normally are allowed to claim on their personal taxes.
2. Allow for a full or partial deduction of state and/or local school taxes on the grounds that these support resources homeschool families may not utilize, benefit from, or have access to.