host: michael donnelly joining us with the homeschool legal defense association. here is our phone numbers if you want to join the conversation. homeschooling families can call at (202)-748-8000. all others, (202)-748-8001. michael donnelly, if a family were to decide today that they want to start the 2021-2022 school year homeschooling their child, how they go about doing that? guest: the first thing i would recommend they do is go to a website we have set up just for people who are in that situation. we are a nonprofit organization, number supported but a public organization looking to serve everyone. they can go to youcanhomes chool.com, a great resource with tons of free information about the steps to get started, connecting with other people in the community who are homeschooling and can help them speak through the aspects and getting connected with people, curriculum, and when you homeschool, there are legal regulations. it is legal in every state in america -- it did not used to be that way 30 years ago, but it is today since 1996, legal in all 50 states in