Loving Education At Home, Inc. is an organization of like-minded Christian home educators, dedicated to observing the biblical commands of Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Proverbs 22:6 and Ephesians 6:4. LEAH began in 1983 with five Christian families seeking support and fellowship. It grew into a statewide not-for-profit ministry providing support through a network of local chapters.

A board of directors is comprised of 11 elected volunteer positions; President,Vice President, Secretary,Treasurer, and seven Regional Representatives.

Support

The network of 150 local LEAH chapters currently serves over 3700 families. Your local chapter is the best place to go for help with getting started.

Regulatory And Legislative

LEAH serves as a watchdog to protect your right to home educate in New York State. This includes: working with HSLDA to monitor federal and state bills or regulations that would impact home education; serving on the Home Instruction Advisory Group (HIAG) committee to the State Education Department. And, LEAH maintains a Regulatory Manual that details and explains the home education regulations in New York State.

Education

Chapter leaders meetings with workshops for leadership training and an annual convention are just two of the ways LEAH works to help educate home educators.

Information

A quarterly newsletter (The Messenger), chapter leader mailings, and fax/e-mail updates keep open lines of communication for urgent legislative and regulatory issues, encouragement, and home education news, information, and resources.

President:
Rich & Pam Stauter
(315) 637-4560
president@leah.org

Vice President:
Rudy & Elizabeth Hugo
(631) 648-8729
vicepresident@leah.org

Treasurer:
David & Lucy Forest
(607) 732-4713
treasurer@leah.org

Secretary:
Jim & Linda Balson
(607) 656-7866
secretary@leah.org

Regional Representatives:

Hudson Valley (Reg. 3):
Bill & Wendy Dufkin
(518) 731-9256
Hudval@leah.org

Albany/Adirondack (Reg. 4)
Bob & Debbie Dufek
(518) 756-6151
Albadk@leah.org

Syracuse/Central (Reg. 5):
Paul & Linda Sofranko
(315) 673-3018
Syrcen@leah.org

Binghamton/Southern Tier (Reg. 6)
The Balsons (Acting)
(607) 656-7866
bingst@leah.org

Rochester/Finger Lakes (Reg. 7)
Glenn & Patti Owens
(716) 663-5029
rochfl@leah.org

Buffalo/Western NY (Reg. 8)
Barney & Hollie Ward
(716) 945-4794
bufwest@leah.org

New York City/Long Island (Reg. 10)
Bill & Christine Weyer
(631) 696-1534
nycli@leah.org