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Home School Legal Defense Association (view source)
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The '''Home School Legal Defense Association''' (HSLDA) is a non-profit<ref name="HSLDA about">https://www.hslda.org/about</ref> organization established to "defend and advance the constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children and protect family freedom."<ref name="Smith">http://www.hslda.org/about/staff/attorneys/Smith.asp</ref> They are designed to aid [[homeschooling]] families with legal actions. HSLDA now represents over 80,000 member families in the [[United States]].<ref name="Smith">http://www.hslda.org/about/staff/attorneys/Smith.asp</ref><ref name="HSLDA about"/> The organization employs over 50 staff members in both full-time and part-time positions and is located in Purcellville, [[Virginia]].<ref>http://www.hslda.org/about/history/perspective.asp</ref>
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The '''Home School Legal Defense Association''' (HSLDA) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit<ref name="HSLDA about">https://www.hslda.org/about</ref> organization established to "defend and advance the constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children and protect family freedom."<ref name="Smith">http://www.hslda.org/about/staff/attorneys/Smith.asp</ref> They are designed to aid [[homeschooling]] families with legal actions. HSLDA now represents over 80,000 member families in the [[United States]].<ref name="Smith">http://www.hslda.org/about/staff/attorneys/Smith.asp</ref><ref name="HSLDA about"/> The organization employs over 50 staff members in both full-time and part-time positions and is located in Purcellville, [[Virginia]].<ref>http://www.hslda.org/about/history/perspective.asp</ref>
==History==
==History==
HSLDA was started in 1983 by [[Michael Farris]] and Michael Smith to provide legal protection for homeschooling families. The organization has grown in the past few years and even gone into [[Canada]]. They have also helped out homeschoolers in [[South Africa]].
HSLDA was started in 1983 by [[Michael Farris]] and Michael Smith to provide legal protection for homeschooling families. The organization has grown in the past few years and even gone into [[Canada]]. They have also helped out homeschoolers in [[South Africa]].
==Achievements==
===Legal cases===
===Other programs===
====Patrick Henry College====
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In 1998, Michael Farris along with the support of HSLDA founded [[Patrick Henry College]]. It officially opened September 20, 2000.
==References==
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