In my state, there is very little regulation of homeschooling, but I know that some states are highly regulated. Harvard University has faculty who have organized conferences to advocate for why homeschoolers throughout the U.S. should be totally, highly regulated becuase we're dangerous and probably our kids are being indoctrinated or getting the wrong indoctrination and no one is being educated etc. (The research shows homeschooled kids are being educated to a much higher standard than public schools, on average - very high test scores, and excellent socialization). There have been books written about why homeschooling should be way more regulated. If you get the solar panels, you are doing what government wants, and there is not any union opposing the buying of solar panels, so that gets done and and no problem. But - the teachers unions are opposed to homeschooling, and many people are hostile to homeschoolers - I have encountered this, hostility. Just like people who want to beat you up for no mask or something. Hateful for no reason to people who homeschool. And the school teachers see homeschoolers as a threat to public education - in reality, if we stay home with our kids, they can have a smaller class size, it ought to help the schools - we are not taking money out of their budget. But from Harvard Law to the public school down the street, there are a lot of people right now advocating against homeschoolers. So, in my opinion, and in the opinoin of many homeschoolers and homeschool leaders, it is unwise for homeschoolers to beg for state money - as if the state would give it - the state doesn't want to give us money, but if we got it, yes, I do think it gives fuel to this regulatory fervor. This came up recently in our state legislature, some discussion of this matter, though no bills in progress at the moment. But, yes, it's real. And it's a little different than just child tax credit, because this is perceived as an existential threat to the teachers union, and the woke Ivy League faculty who are concerned there will not be enough woke people in the world since most homeschoolers do not have classes in "wokeness." How will they learn Critical Race Theory if they are not in public school. What if they grow up in the wrong political environment with no one to tell them their parents' politics are wrong? There is so much more than that, but think for a sec along those lines. That fear is real. They fear losing control of the indoctrination process, and fear loss of funds, and if you figure there is a finite budget for education, and we get part of it - will any of those public school teachers lose their jobs? They're thinking about that, plus the loss of voters of a certain party, and loss of ability to influence the thinking of our children.