Democrat Jay Blanchard's stand:
4. Should there be more oversight of home schooling? No. 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.
Democrat turned Republican Tom Horne's stand:
4. Should there be more oversight of home schooling?
John Adams, one of my heroes, was home schooled. My wife, who volunteered for student visits to the symphony, told me that the home-schooled students were the best behaved. Some home-schooled students have performed spectacularly, winning spelling and social study bees. I do believe responsible parents of home-schooled children would want us to be sure there are no cases of parents who say they are home schooling, but are, in fact, not teaching, and the children are not learning.