We have argued for over 30 years that parents have a God-given right to direct the care, control, and upbringing of their children including how they are educated.
We also believe the principle that parents knowing what is best for their children is a solution to the struggling public school system.
In January of 2022, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey asked the legislature to send him a bill that would allow state education funding to follow the child rather than flowing automatically to the public school institution because he believed that empowering parents will ultimately work best for their children. The legislature responded, and in June, they sent him the most expansive parental choice bill ever passed in this country, allowing every parent in the state to have state funding to follow their child to the school of their choice.
Governor Abbott has said he wants to pass a Parents Bill of Rights, and in July, he said, “Parents should not be forced to send their child to a government-mandated school that teaches critical race theory, or is forcing their child to wear a face mask against their parents’ desire, or is forcing them to attend a school that isn’t safe.”
According to T.R. Fehrenbach, in his seminal history of Texas, Lone Star, A History of Texas and the Texans, until reconstruction after the Civil War, Texas funded education by providing funding to the parents. State funding of education is an accepted function of government, but to many today a better way would be to allow the funding to follow the child rather than institutions. Texas founders would have agreed.
Texas homeschoolers have long known that our freedom is at risk every time the legislature is in session, and that is why it is critical that we vote in every election for candidates that support the God-given right of parents to raise their children as they see fit and support for parental choice is a critical element of parental rights.
Register to vote and vote. Our freedom depends on it!
Help us in our mission of not only Keeping Texas Families Free but in keeping you updated as to all the latest news on the legislative front.
If you agree with us and support our mission to support parents, join THSC or become a supporter and help us stand in the gap for the families of Texas.
Subscribe to our newsletters to receive important updates.
Tim Lambert, THSC President
Tim Lambert, has been the president of the Texas Home School Coalition since 1990 and involved in homeschool leadership since 1984. He and his wife Lyndsay taught their four now-grown children at home for 16 years, graduating the last two in 2000. As the head of the organization for the leading home school state in the country, he is recognized as an authority on home education issues.
Tim has testified before numerous Texas legislative committees on issues related to homeschooling and often deals with state government agencies, including the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. He has also addressed such conferences as the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers on the topic. He holds a B.A. in political science from Texas Tech University and is active in the political arena, serving eight years as Republican National Committeeman for Texas. Tim is committed to serving the homeschooling community and to protecting parents’ right to choose the method of education of their children.
We have argued for over 30 years that parents have a God-given right to direct the care, control, and upbringing of their children including how they are educated.
We also believe the principle that parents knowing what is best for their children is a solution to the struggling public school system.
In January of 2022, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey asked the legislature to send him a bill that would allow state education funding to follow the child rather than flowing automatically to the public school institution because he believed that empowering parents will ultimately work best for their children. The legislature responded, and in June, they sent him the most expansive parental choice bill ever passed in this country, allowing every parent in the state to have state funding to follow their child to the school of their choice.
Governor Abbott has said he wants to pass a Parents Bill of Rights, and in July, he said, “Parents should not be forced to send their child to a government-mandated school that teaches critical race theory, or is forcing their child to wear a face mask against their parents’ desire, or is forcing them to attend a school that isn’t safe.”
According to T.R. Fehrenbach, in his seminal history of Texas, Lone Star, A History of Texas and the Texans, until reconstruction after the Civil War, Texas funded education by providing funding to the parents. State funding of education is an accepted function of government, but to many today a better way would be to allow the funding to follow the child rather than institutions. Texas founders would have agreed.
Texas homeschoolers have long known that our freedom is at risk every time the legislature is in session, and that is why it is critical that we vote in every election for candidates that support the God-given right of parents to raise their children as they see fit and support for parental choice is a critical element of parental rights.
Register to vote and vote. Our freedom depends on it!
Help us in our mission of not only Keeping Texas Families Free but in keeping you updated as to all the latest news on the legislative front.
If you agree with us and support our mission to support parents, join THSC or become a supporter and help us stand in the gap for the families of Texas.
Subscribe to our newsletters to receive important updates.
Tim Lambert, THSC President
Tim Lambert, has been the president of the Texas Home School Coalition since 1990 and involved in homeschool leadership since 1984. He and his wife Lyndsay taught their four now-grown children at home for 16 years, graduating the last two in 2000. As the head of the organization for the leading home school state in the country, he is recognized as an authority on home education issues.
Tim has testified before numerous Texas legislative committees on issues related to homeschooling and often deals with state government agencies, including the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. He has also addressed such conferences as the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers on the topic. He holds a B.A. in political science from Texas Tech University and is active in the political arena, serving eight years as Republican National Committeeman for Texas. Tim is committed to serving the homeschooling community and to protecting parents’ right to choose the method of education of their children.
