Chantal Moore

“Our decision to homeschool was really birthed out of necessity. My oldest was struggling in the public school system. He has autism spectrum disorder and in middle school he started to face severe bullying and started to have negative self-talk.”

“We knew he needed a change. We thought we’d try homeschooling just for one year, and it was an excellent fit for him. We were able to tailor his education to meet all his needs.”

“House Bill 2827 places added barriers on families like mine that are just trying to make better decisions for their children.”

“When you have a child with special needs, it already comes with a lot of stress and a lot of decision making. To have an added barrier to making the best choice for our child really puts even more stress on a family that already feels marginalized.”

“Our special-needs community and our Latino community aren’t always best represented in the public school setting. Education is not one-size-fits-all.”

“Being able to tailor all of our education for each of our children is important to us, because they don’t all learn the same way.”

“That’s what we’re learning in minority communities right now. In fact, our homeschool co-op – Veritas Academy, where I am co-director – is majority Latino families or other minorities.”

“It’s very interesting to me when lawmakers think they know what’s best for their constituents but they won’t sit down and talk with us about it. They say they want to track homeschooling, but that’s not what this bill does. It just burdens families.”

“I’m grateful that my representative, Lindsay LaPoint, did sit down and talk with me, and she agreed she cannot support the bill in this form. She said on social media she was grateful it did not pass.”

“We need to continue to monitor the status of this bill because even though most representatives are saying it’s dead, the original sponsor, Terra Costa Howard, says she is still trying to get it through.”

“Our community will do everything possible to protect and promote homeschooling, not limit it.”

Chantal Moore
Veritas Academy co-director, homeschool mom
Chicago, Illinois