Candidate for Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Horne seems to think that parents who homeschool their children want he and the state to "be sure there are no cases of parents who say they are home schooling, but are, in fact, not teaching, and the children not learning." Is he inferring that the state should play "baby-sitter" to those in the homeschoolling community?
Meanwhile, Candidate Jay Blanchard feels that, " As long as the children are safe and no tax dollars are required---home-schoolers should be free to teach their children as they see fit."
If Mr. Horne really thinks that homeschoolers want more regulation, think again. We need less government interference into our daily lives, not more.
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Please pass this information to other homeschoolers you have contact with. I pulled the quotations from a link at the AZ Republic where they asked both candidates about homeschooling.
Or you could turn it around and say "Homeschoolers would like to be sure that there are no cases of teachers who say they are teaching, but are, in fact, not teaching, and the children not learning in the public schools, before we contribute a dime to them."