Homeschool parents long have faced the double burden of taxes that support their local public school, but also the costs of paying for their own supplies, curriculum and more. A definite double-whammy.

But President Donald Trump is pledging, if elected, to change that.

Trump has pledged to parents who homeschool their kids that he will eliminate taxes on up to $10,000 a year per child on all costs associated with their children’s education

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In a video he explained, “When I am re-elected I will do everything I can to support parents who make the courageous choice of homeschool.”

He noted under the Trump tax cuts of his first term, “We allowed families to use 529 education savings accounts to spend up to $10,000 a year tax free on tuition for grades K-12. This was a tremendous win for school choice.”

But while that applied to parents paying tuition to a school for their student, it did not apply to homeschool families.

“So to support the growing homeschool movement in my next term, I will immediately fight to allow homeschool parents the same incredible benefit,” Trump said.

In fact, homeschool numbers across the United States have exploded since the COVID pandemic, which pushed schools to do online classes and that allowed parents all of a sudden to see the leftist ideologies actually being pushed in the classrooms of their local public schools. Multiple fights erupted, including when schools demanded the authority to control what was in the room in the family’s home where online classes were watched.

Trump said his plan is for $10,000 a year per child, “completely tax-free, to spend on costs associated with homeschool education.”

He said, “I will also work to ensure that every homeschool family is entitled to full access to the benefits available to non-homeschool students, including participating in athletic programs, clubs, after-school activities, educational trips and more.”

Bob Unruh

Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially. Read more of Bob Unruh's articles here.