Posted on 11/12/2015 10:26:49 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski
A number of homeschool parents in Florida have been ordered by a public school district to register their children in classes within three days or face “criminal prosecution†under state law. A meeting within the next week likely will determine whether school officials will face a lawsuit in response to the threat. The issue is being addressed by the Home School Legal Defense Association, which said its members in the Santa Rosa County School District received letters demanding information that parents are not required to provide under state law. The information included Social Security number, race and grade level.
The parents also received a letter demanding they comply with a new district policy requiring them to show proof of residency and to prove they no longer were registered in whatever district they most recently had been under. HSLDA said its staff attorney, TJ Schmidt, wrote to Terri Moore, who was secretary in what used to be called the Alternative Academics and Continuous Improvement Department, as well as Santa Rosa Supt.
Tim Wyrosdick "pointing out that Florida law does not require proof of residency or any of the additional information that the district requested." A weeks-long silence by the district suggested to HSLDA that the policy had been changed to comply with state law. "How wrong we were," HSLDA said. The homeschooling families now were receiving "termination" letters from Moore, who had moved on to become a secretary to Laura Austin, principal of the Santa Rosa Blended Academy/Home Education Department. The parents were bluntly told the district was "terminating your request to file your intent to home school in Santa Rosa County School District." The letter said, according to HSLDA, each family had three days "to register your student in public or private school..."
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I’ve held that opinion for quite some time.
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“and there aren’t any commands to that effect.”
Uh, yes there are. Try reading Leviticus.
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They’re afraid home schooled kids will be taught conservative theories vs their liberal lies. I was home schooled and glad of it.
The 2015 Florida Statutes
Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 836
DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES
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836.05 Threats; extortion.—Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by such communication maliciously threatens an injury to the person, property or reputation of another, or maliciously threatens to expose another to disgrace, or to expose any secret affecting another, or to impute any deformity or lack of chastity to another, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 42, sub-ch. 3, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2420; GS 3261; RGS 5092; CGL 7194; s. 1, ch. 57-254; s. 991, ch. 71-136; s. 1307, ch. 97-102.
Thanks for the reply!
It’s good to hear you say that because I am filled with doubt often about our choice to homeschool our kids. Thanks for sharing, hope my kids are glad someday.
Home School Legal Defense Association,
Don’t leave homeschool without legal protection. We kept giving to them for years after we finished homeschooling as an insurance policy for homeschoolers who could not afford the meager annual dues or who were ignorant of the need for legal protection.
I had a lawyer in town call me about homeschooling my son. He lived on my street. He was anti-home school and I knew this. He called pretending to have a friend who wanted to home school their child.
I told him the first thing they need was legal protection with the Homeschool defense group. The conversation was cut short and I never heard from him again. The fascists look for easy pickin’s.
On which side?
You always come into threads with a holier than though attitude. It’s tiresome and not all that holy.
I suggest a holier approach, and get slammed with “holier than thou” accusations.
It’s kind of like the proverbial crab pot. Try to climb out, and the other crabs reach up and pull you back in.
... when the other crabs COULD take the hint and climb out of the pot too...
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More proof of what I’m talking about. Stop judging people.
I had great teachers both academically and practical. There was my dad, two brothers, my uncle and my mom. All military, no nonsense.
If people are not guilty, they can’t be judged.
Why not say something about bragging in being unholier than thou?
Yes you are a braggert.
Conservatives these days must be silent and obey if they want to work.
No they don't, I call bullshit when I see it pretty much everyday and I live and work in California. Thinking that's the case Or fearing the "consequences" probably does shut up many, but this is war, and conservatives need to sac up, be out of debt and make as sure as they can to not patronize institutions and people that don't have the Republics best interests at heart...
Granted, my employer is pretty full with like minded people, but they're out there if you look, and if you end up with libtards, well you can always use that stint to win some hearts and minds...:-)
Wow! That is so disturbing. My DIL is going to homeschool so thanks for the HSLDA info.
No they shouldn’t. I was just speaking of what I see.
True.
Great tag BTW.
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