Posted on 04/17/2015 4:37:50 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
(WXYZ) - A new homeschool bill was introduced this morning after a young brother and sister were found dead in their mother's freezer last month.
If passed it would require every child being homeschooled to be registered with their school district. The schooling would be able to take place at any appropriate location.
"I believe this bill not only will have a part in monitoring children's education. ..in some cases, save lives," said Stephen Berry and Stoni Blair's grandfather John Blair.
John was standing with family members and state and local leaders outside of the Spirit of Detroit Statue at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building in downtown Detroit on Friday morning.
"I believe this bill is the start of fixing things that have been needed in Michigan for years," said John Blair.
His daughter Mitchelle Blair is in jail on murder charges after Stephen and Stoni's bodies were found by an eviction officer March 24. They were there for two-years. She told people her kids were being homeschooled all that time.
"Michigan is one of only 11-states that does not require parents homeschooling their children to initiate to any contact with the state about the kids being homeschooled," said State Representative Stephanie Chang.
Chang is the author of the bill and, if passed, it would be named after Stephen and Stoni.
Parents or a guardian who choose to homeschool would have to provide their address and the names of their children being homeschooled to their school district.
There would also be two visits to the home every year from either a doctor, teacher or social worker.
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I think their answer would be that, if she had been required to register as a home schooler, she would have been caught.
Of course we know that would be nonsense, but it's the only explanation I can see for this, and even that is weak.
What we *really* want is regular home freezer inspections by the gubmint — preferably without a warrant! /s
We have been members since the day we started homeschooling.
Don’t Michigan homeschooling parents have the reputation of really going after politicians who try to legislate against homeschooling?
If that’s the case, somebody should give this legislator a clue.
It isn’t the case in most states and shouldn’t be. One case of abuse by a supposed homeschool parent and now big government wants to monitor people’s homes? No way.
How many school kids are abused and the abuse is never caught? Being in traditional school is no guarantee of safety. Considering the thugs they let stay in schools these days, schools are pretty dangerous places.
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