They're con artists, pure and simple.
We were members of HSLDA because we homeschool our three children (everyone recommended we join right away). We’ve needed their help on several occasions while dealing with a decidedly crooked school district here in Colorado (District 60 is infamous in its corruption). Several state and federal issues cropped up regarding our youngest child, who is Down Syndrome. In one of many instances the principal, teacher and a couple of district social workers called for and held an IEP meeting without even notifying us in advance or afterward. The paperwork showed us as “not in attendance.” Livid… we battled the district to have the file amended (which they accidentally gave us when we removed our son from school). With this situation and several others we’ve found ourselves in against this power-hungry and crooked school district we’ve never received so much as a return phone call from the folks at HSLDA. We are no longer members of this group and find ourselves again battling the social workers in District 60 as they attempt to infiltrate our son’s charter setup with an accredited school he works with online and at home (the district obviously resents the online school and the state law as its system has sometimes been used to facilitate some activities with our son). At any rate, as for the HSLDA, we are not afraid of the district and will fend them off without the help of the HSLDA just as we did when we were members. The only difference between then and now, we feel, is the fact that this organization does not receive our membership fee.