I have a great many friends who homeschool their children here, and they agree that NJ is one of the better states as far as it treats homeschoolers. However, they also add that there are continual and incessant attempts to bring homeschooling families under the heel of the state.
I’m a homeschool parent myself here in our state. What your friends say is true. The last attempt by a couple of Democrats (just last year) would’ve turned our state from the least regulated to the most regulated. The bill they introduced was insane. A great number of us hit the phone lines and, thankfully, it was dropped. It was a close call, though.