Fri Sep 15, 2023 – 5:29 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Former Republican U.S. President Donald Trump, the far-and-away front-runner to secure the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election, promised Thursday to “support the growing homeschool movement” and become a “champion” for families that educate their children at home if he regains the White House.
“To every homeschool family, I will be your champion,” Trump declared in a video statement posted to social media on Thursday.
“When I am re-elected I will do everything I can to support parents who make the courageous choice to homeschool,” he said.
#Agenda47: President Trump’s Pledge to Homeschool Families pic.twitter.com/qCvPRSCfRI
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“As President it was my honor to support America’s homeschool families and to protect the God-given right of every parent to be the steward of their children’s education,” Trump said in the video, noting that rates of homeschooling have soared in the wake of the “China Virus” epidemic.
PBS reported in May that “homeschooling has been on the rise with an estimated 30% increase in enrollment since the beginning of the 2019 school year.”
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