Tom-

I happen to homeschool. I live in Illinois. We just got a new Governor last year who is a Democrat and is known not to be a "friend" to homeschoolers. Right now there are no regulations on homeschoolers in the state of Illinois (like taking standardized tests). We might see something like this come with this governor in place. That would probably be the worst of it - that we would have to be like North Carolina and send in "lesson plans" and test our children annually. More and more people are homeschooling, and there's a National Homeschool Alliance Defense Group that seems to do a good job legally backing up any homeschoolers and fighting for homeschooling rights. I agree with John that the people against homeschooling (NEA, Democrats, whoever) definately lean in the direction of wanting to regulate homeschooling more (and I'm sure there are those who would like to see it eliminated). I don't want any more regulation, I would prefer to keep it the way it is in my state - it would be a lot easier.