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I read the opinion, and the “unpublished findings” that explain the situation. It sounded like pretty horrendous child abuse. However, the judge ruled that parents in California are not allowed to use the state’s laws for private school to cover homeschooling.

I believe that most homeschoolers in CA use the private school laws because A there are no homeschool laws per se and B it’s been settled in courts and such before that they should do that. This judge has now put pretty much every homeschool family in CA in danger.

Yes, in California, most homeschoolers use the private school laws. So do the private schools! And the ISP’s are using the private school laws as well. Any homeschooler is using the private school laws. The ISP’s file the R-4 for the entire school. I file by myself in October every year and have done so from the beginning. The private school laws are what any homeschooler is using to homeschool. But so are the private schools as well.

I read the opinion, and the “unpublished findings” that explain the situation. It sounded like pretty horrendous child abuse. However, the judge ruled that parents in California are not allowed to use the state’s laws for private school to cover homeschooling.

That's how the leftist courts operate. They take one particularly horrible case and use it to legislate the issue for the whole rest of society.

We are a country ruled by unelected judges.

However, the judge ruled that parents in California are not allowed to use the state’s laws for private school to cover homeschooling.

And he explains his rationale, which seems fairly reasonable. BTW, one of his stated reasons is that CA law requires that teachers to be "qualified;" and even the trial court in this case ruled that the mother was not qualified: her kids homeschooling was "lousy" and "bad," among other perjoratives.

I believe that most homeschoolers in CA use the private school laws because A there are no homeschool laws per se and B it’s been settled in courts and such before that they should do that. This judge has now put pretty much every homeschool family in CA in danger.

Only because (as I infer from the ruling) California law, as written, does not address home-schooling, although it definitely should. IMO, California homeschoolers should not treat this as a "danger," but rather an opportunity to change the law.

I read the opinion, and the “unpublished findings” that explain the situation.

I couldn't find those ... could you post a link?