HOME SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE ASSN for HOME SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE ASSN
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Support of expanding the Coverdell Education Savings Account to include homeschool expenses, and also to expand 529 Plans to include k-12 homeschool expenses. Meetings with Congressional staff, White House staff, staff to the Vice President, and Department of Education staff to oppose language such as in H.R. 610 which would give federal vouchers to homeschoolers. HSLDA opposes this because it could lead to future regulations on homeschoolers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM ANTHONY ESTRADA | — |
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM
Meeting with Members of Congress and their staff about the Parental Rights Amendment to the US Constitution, which would enshrine parental rights as a fundamental right into the text of the US Constitution. Meetings with potential sponsors of the PRA in the House and Senate to seek sponsors to reintroduce the PRA, which was introduced in the House in the 114th Congress as S.J.Res. 36. Urging staff for the President and Vice President to withdraw the United States as a signatory from the UN Disabilities Treaty and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, as both of these treaties threaten US sovereignty and parental rights. Meetings with Members of Congress and their staff about the need to amend CAPTA (the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act) and ASFA (the Adoption and Safe Families Act) to better protect family integrity.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM ANTHONY ESTRADA | — |
Immigration IMM
Alerting Members of Congress and their staff and the Executive Branch about the threat to homeschool freedom internationally. Meetings with USCIRF on this issue. Urging the US to grant asylum to persecuted homeschoolers in Cuba, or to put sanctions on Cuba, for that nation's persecution of homeschooling.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM ANTHONY ESTRADA | — |
Education EDU
Protection of home education from government regulation - meetings with Members of Congress and their staff, White House staff, and staff for the U.S. Department of Education to talk about general homeschool success and to ask the federal government to "leave us alone." HSLDA strongly opposes any federal government involvement in k-12 education, as well as early education, including any federal money for homeschooling. Meetings with Congressional and White House staff to oppose H.R. 610, a bill which would give federal vouchers to homeschoolers. Lobbying in support of H.J.Res. 58, a Congressional Review Act resolution to rescind Obama-era teacher preparation regulations because of how they entangle the federal government in teacher training. Lobbying in support of Betsy DeVos to be the new U.S. Secretary of Education because of her track record in favor of homeschool freedom. Lobbying in support of Jeff Sessions to be the new U.S. Attorney General because of his track record in favor of homeschool freedom, and opposition to dangerous United Nations treaties.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM ANTHONY ESTRADA | — |
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.