Illinois lawmakers advanced a controversial bill that would place a number of regulations on homeschooling as opponents packed the Capitol.

Legally, homeschool and virtual private schools are supposed to function differently. Homeschooling is limited to a parent-designated teacher who instructs only one family. Virtual private schools ...

Instead of tackling their crumbling public schools, Illinois lawmakers are pushing a bill to crack down on parents who escape the system through homeschooling. Passed in late March through the ...

An Illinois bill that could change homeschooling rules would create "a pipeline to the criminal justice system for parents," a state Democrat is warning.