You can use big bold letters and extra large fonts all you want, but you are still engaging in misdirection. 48224 is a red herring.
The California Department of Education accepts R-4s (the form they recommend to use to declare that one intends to have a private school) from individual homeschoolers declaring that they're private schools under section 48222. The plain language of the law supports that process, and so does the case law that comes after the precedents cited by the black-robed tyrants who call themselves “justices.”
Thank you for emphasizing 48222. I'm an outsider interested in the homeschooling controversy and your reply helps me to understand the ropes better.
However...
I'm essentially applying basic reading rules to California's homeschooling code. And given that 48224 doesn't complement 48222, it remains that these sections of the code are poorly written, in my opinion. In fact, not only does 48224 evidently does not reflect the will of majority voters, but it's also evidently being ignored by education officials; big mistake.
Again, as I've mentioned elsewhere, 48224 was essentially a lose canon just waiting to be bumped the wrong way and go off - and it certainly has.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, the bottom line is that Californians need to follow in the footsteps of the states when the USSC decided against Georgia in Chisholm v. Georgia by making the 11th Amendment. In other words, Californians need to clean up their state's homeschooling code instead of blaming judge's who have to try to interpret the screwed up code in the first place.
“I'm essentially applying basic reading rules to California's homeschooling code.”
That doesn't appear to be the case. Try harder.
A plain reading of the code shows that there are several ways to be exempt from public school attendance. One of those is described in 48222. Another option is described in 48224.
You yourself say, “And given that 48224 doesn't complement 48222,...”
That's right. They're separate. Chinese menu time. Pick one.
“In fact, not only does 48224 evidently does not reflect the will of majority voters, but it's also evidently being ignored by education officials; big mistake.”
Certainly it does. If you wish to hire tutors to teach your children, they must be certified. Unrelated to teaching your children yourself.
“In other words, Californians need to clean up their state's homeschooling code instead of blaming judge's who have to try to interpret the screwed up code in the first place.”
Nah. The “judge's” [sic] are asses trying to achieve a specific outcome, either recklessly, without care to the effect on others, or to advance a more sinister agenda.
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