[Notwithstanding]

Mission of HLDSA:

1. Write paychecks to the hardworking HLDSA staff and attorneys, and try to hire more people each year and gain influence, so that they can

2. Advocate for the rights of parents to homeschool.

There is nothing wrong with this mission. But like all such groups, they tend to go spin things to raise money and create PR buzz for themselves. And if they resolve the homsechool situation, they lose their jobs. Again, this is not to say that HLDSA or other groups are bad or even dishonest, but it is a reminder that they spin things to make it look dire for their issue in order to raise money and PR buzz.

CA homeschoolers have been doing fine for decades under current laws. This one family did not abide by the laws. The court issued a questionable ruling, but it did not outlaw homeschooling.

[Mr. Ion]

The social left hates for any K-12 student to be educated away from government schools, because it imperils their very profitable make-work program for left-wing teachers and edu-bureaucrats.

Private schools and homeschooling additionally imperil the social left's ability to ideologically indoctrinate the next generation.