[AD from SpringBay]

There is NO such Constitutional mandate for the public schooling of American children.

I agree with you, but the opposition - and this is stated in several 'school law' texts - believes there is no fundamental right to home school or that there is no right for a parent to withhold his or her child from public school. It's scary, but this is how many school administrators and their counterparts in the courts, approach the situation.

[maine-iac7]

and this is stated in several 'school law' texts - believes there is no fundamental right to home school or that there is no right for a parent to withhold his or her child from public school. It's scary, but this is how many school administrators and their counterparts in the courts, approach the situation.

Oh they know better - they just hope parents will continue to be in the dark about the law that says just the opposite - the SCOTUS ruling that PARENTS have the last say in how and where their children are educated. (see my post # 20)

That's why it behooves parents who home school to connect with local Home School Associations. They have fought these things through and have access to legal backup for any parent illegally harassed by the Commissars.

[Lady Heron]

I agree with you, but the opposition - and this is stated in several 'school law' texts - believes there is no fundamental right to home school or that there is no right for a parent to withhold his or her child from public school. It's scary, but this is how many school administrators and their counterparts in the courts, approach the situation.

Not true, the supreme court found the right and the case is used to counteract all these laws set up by the states successfully. I think the case had to do with trying to force the Amish into the public school system or force them into school for longer than just the 8th grade. I don't remember though.