Homeschooling Banned in California

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Homeschooling Banned in California; State Turns Parents Into Criminals
Topic Started: Sep 23 2008, 02:41 PM (122 Views)
Rob H	Sep 23 2008, 02:41 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 183 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Aug 23, 2008	(NaturalNews) A California appeals court has ruled that homeschooling of children is illegal unless their parents have teaching credentials from the state. "California is now on the path to being the only state to deny the vast majority of homeschooling parents their fundamental right to teach their own children at home," said Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association. The court overturned a lower court's finding that homeschooling did not constitute a violation of child welfare laws. "California courts have held that ... parents do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their children," Justice H. Walter Croskey said. The decision stunned parents of the state's roughly 166,000 homeschooled children. While the court claimed that it was merely clarifying an existing law and not making a new one, the decision leaves the parents of homeschooled children at risk of arrest and criminal prosecution. "At first, there was a sense of, 'No way,' " homeschool parent Loren Mavromati said. "Then there was a little bit of fear. I think it has moved now into indignation." Parents' reasons for homeschooling their children range from religious beliefs to dissatisfaction with the education received at public or private schools. But according to the court, all California children between the ages of 6 and 18 must attend either a full-time public or private school or be taught by a tutor credentialed for their specific grade level. "A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation," Croskey wrote. California's largest teachers union welcomed the decision as did the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles. According to the law center's executive director, Leslie Heimov, children should not be educated at home, because they need to be "in a place daily where they would be observed by people who had a duty to ensure their ongoing safety." Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/024287.html



bellinghammer	Sep 23 2008, 02:47 PM Post #2
Posts: 25 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: Aug 25, 2008	I blogged about this subject here. I first heard Clark Howard's excellent response to this action on my way out to a Ron Paul meeting. MP3 available here.
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Ministry of Truth	Oct 7 2008, 12:44 AM Post #3
Thought Police Posts: 92 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: Aug 25, 2008	Teaching Credentials? To Home School??? WTF? Yet, to teach in Public Schools all you need is a Professional Degree or Certification in the Subject you are Teaching. Anyone with a History Degree Can Teach History, Science Degree can teach etc. In 1994 During the California Teacher's Strike any Service Member who applied to Teach during the Strike was allowed, With or Without any type of formal training or certification. I suppose we can expect public Book Burning in the near future as well...



theropingeffect	Oct 18 2008, 08:18 PM Post #4
Section 8 Posts: 88 Group: Members Member #4 Joined: Aug 25, 2008	Next the government will declare the "War on Stupidity". The we will all be equally stupid.



Ministry of Truth	Oct 19 2008, 04:05 PM Post #5
Thought Police Posts: 92 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: Aug 25, 2008	Declaring war on stupidity? That's called Revolution!



theropingeffect	Oct 20 2008, 02:51 PM Post #6
Section 8 Posts: 88 Group: Members Member #4 Joined: Aug 25, 2008	"Don't let schooling interfere with your education. " - Mark Twain



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