Posted on 03/25/2025 10:44:45 AM PDT by John Semmens
A majority of the public schools in Illinois are failing to adequately educate their students. According to the National Assessment of Education Progress, more than two-thirds of eighth graders are not proficient in reading or math. Only 16% of black eighth-graders are proficient at reading, and only 8% of black eighth-graders do math at grade level. In addition, reports of teachers and staff sexually assaulting students number in the hundreds every year. In Chicago Public Schools, the office of the inspector general has logged more than 400 investigations into sexual assault by teachers and staff every school year since 2018.
Nevertheless, Chicago Democrat Terra Costa Howard is targeting parents who teach their children at home for stricter regulations. "Right now, the only state regulation of homeschooling is to specify the subjects that must be taught," she complained. "The laws of this state do not adequately protect homeschooled children in situations when notification of the type of schooling of the child would help reduce vulnerabilities to abuse and neglect. That's why I've sponsored the 'Homeschool Act,' also known as HB2827."
If HB2827 is enacted as drafted parents will be required to file reports to their local school district, this includes a "portfolio" of their children's work at any time, at any interval and frequency, until that portfolio meets the public school's satisfaction. If their child participates in any public school activities on or off school grounds, the parent must submit proof of all immunizations and required health examinations. Parents who do not satisfactorily perform these tasks face Class C misdemeanor charges, which are punishable by up to 30 days in jail.
"I know the results of our public schools aren't very good compared to results achieved by homeshooling, but our public school teachers are burdened with substantial paperwork that consumes time that could otherwise be devoted to teaching," Howard pointed out. "So, requiring parents to bear some paperwork burdens evens the metrics a little bit. Ideally, there would be no alternative to public schools. That would ensure that every child gets an equal education. We can't do much about parents who can afford to send their children to better private schools right now, but if we can make homeschooling less pleasant for parents more of them will opt to send their children to the local public school. Later, if can ban private schools the performance stats of the public schools will be boosted by the addition of these better educated children to the mix."
IF the kids are at home, the State has no way to brain wash them into little feel good ism democraps. So dims attack Home School parents. That, and the money they loose by not having them in public school. Otherwise, the dims don’t give a shit whether your kids live or die, as evidenced by their abortion worship...
Democrats love the dumb down schedule for schools it’s how they stay in office for so long.
Back up program #2 welfare so you don’t need a good job.
They have a long list of programs.
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