Home schooling unlawful, says California court

OneNewsNow ^ | 3/6/2008 | Allie Martin and Jody Brown

[glock rocks]

"Already the hour is late. Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an ever-increasing degree interferes with the people's right to know. ... We approach the point of no return when government becomes so huge and entrenched that we fear the consequences of upheaval and just go along with it."

— Ronald Reagan

[DoughtyOne]

It's such a major embarrassment to live in this state at times.

[stentorian conservative]

Yep, your right. Real loons. Somebody should take 'em out back and beat the $hit out of 'em.

Get a grip.

[Bobibutu]

If CA parents would get off their collective butts and file a class action law suit - this would be put to rest.

The stats show that a child is at great risk of bodily harm and public schools in CA are not the best place to learn. i.e., drop out rates, test scores, etc.

[muir_redwoods]

Why the hell does anyone still live in California? I know the weather is nice but factor in everything else and it’s Hell.

[Gondring]

Yep, your right. Real loons. Somebody should take 'em out back and beat the $hit out of 'em.

That was the allegations of what they were doing to their kids.

[ripley]

“parents who fail to comply...may be subject to a criminal complaint...”

wow. it’s getting curiouser and curiouser...

(hear the sound of liberal marching boots in the streets?)

boy oh boy. they’re feeling their oats now.

[Gondring]

“The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments of this Union rest excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. P. 535.”

Yes. Private certified teachers are allowed, also. California law recognizes this.

Disclaimer: IANAL and this ain't legal advice.

[stentorian conservative]

Yeah, and I also read that they made their children do the dishes. Monsters! Monsters I tell ya.

There are as many reasons to Homeschool as there are Homeschoolers. And while the "snitches" part was poorly written, I can see that as a valid reason. We live in a time where children have been paid by school officials to "snitch" on their peers. Thus, creating generations of kids who have no loyalty and no trust. Again, jmo.

[unixfox]

Home schooling unlawful, says California court

So is not protecting our borders, so says the friggin FEDERAL law!!

I'm so sick of these asshats I could scream!!

[WOSG]

PING - Judicial tyranny and homeschooling collide.

[SoldierDad]

Any bets this will be overturned upon appeal? Another example of how the judiciary in California is out of control.

[genxer]

The reality IMO is if the citizens stand up and stop electing incompetent people a change will come. Here in Houston, we just threw another incumbant out in the Allan Fletcher race. It all starts in the primaries. And i agree with your tag line. It just needs to continue and said and we go nothing...because people complain but are unwilling to compromise before.

I just think we need to start taking the country back and not just suck up the reality the Dems deal us. I will fight illegal immigration to my dying breath becaues i am a natralized american citizen that had to fight to come here, not just break in.

[PsyOp]

"If the teacher happens to be a man of sense, it must be an unpleasant thing to him to be conscious, while he is lecturing his students, that he is either speaking or reading nonsense, or what is little better than nonsense. It must, too, be unpleasant to him to observe that the greater part of his students desert his lectures, or perhaps attend upon them with plain enough marks of neglect, contempt, and derision." - Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776.
Adam Smith - The Invisible Hand Speaks.

[DB]

My kids are home schooled in California right now.

Come and get me.

[Eric Blair 2084]

The Hitler Youth will be indoctrinated in the Government Schools whether you like it or not.

[Gondring]

Get a grip.

Maybe you can tell me why this whole issue came up. If you read the opinion, you'd know that it was one of the kids reporting mistreatment by the father.

I am fully aware that such claims can be trumped up, and Social Services agencies can use such things to wield power, so I don't just accept the claim without question. But I do think that there are questions--whether about the parents or the agency and court, which said:

"Given the history of this family, which we need not discuss here, permitting the parents to educate the children at home by means of a credentialed tutor would likely pose too many difficulties for the tutor."

[stentorian conservative]

My hat is off to you my FRiend. I hope there are tens of thousands standing right next to you.

[Gondring]

Yes, and it could be that the “snitches” part was something that the judges found really odd because of their political viewpoints. Or it could be that it was an oddball comment out of context.

My point is, without reading the unpublished portions, there’s a lot more to the story that we’re missing.

[Clovis_Skeptic]