Posted on 03/07/2008 6:36:30 PM PST by GVnana
(03-07) 13:37 PST SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised today to ensure that parents have the right to homeschool their children, after a state appeals court ruling severely restricted the practice in California.
"Every California child deserves a quality education and parents should have the right to decide what's best for their children," the governor said in a statement. "Parents should not be penalized for acting in the best interests of their children's education. This outrageous ruling must be overturned by the courts and if the courts don't protect parents' rights then, as elected officials, we will."
An estimated 166,000 children are homeschooled across the state.
The ruling by the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles said all children ages 6 to 18 must attend public or private school full-time until graduation from high school or be tutored at home by a credentialed teacher.
The Southern California case stemmed from a child welfare dispute involving the children of Phillip and Mary Long of Lynwood (Los Angeles County). The couple's eight children have been home-schooled by Mary Long, who holds no teaching credential. The children were also enrolled in a private school through an independent study program, which included quarterly home visits. Although the case did not involve the question of the children's truancy, the court decision broadly addressed the legality of homeschooling in California while specifically ruling that the Long family's situation violated state law.
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Last time I looked, fiscal conservatives don't grow government at record rates, borrow their way to insolvency, impose whacked out environmental legislation that destroys business or oppose private proerty rights.
Has the definition of fiscal conservative changed, or could you possibly be wrong?
Term limits; he doesn't need the teacher's union to support him anymore, would be my strongest guess.
That's exactly what a long standing Supreme Court ruling says.
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000075.asp
"In 1925, the Supreme Court decided the Pierce v. Society of Sisters6 case, thereby supporting Meyer’s recognition of the parents’ right to direct the religious upbringing of their children and to control the process of their education.
In Pierce, the Supreme Court struck down an Oregon compulsory education law which, in effect, required attendance of all children between ages eight and sixteen at public schools. The Court declared, Under the doctrine of Meyer v. Nebraska, we think it entirely plain that the Act of 1922 unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents and guardians to direct the upbringing and education of children."
If Arnie really means this, as Governor he will tell his LEO agencies through executive order to not enforce it.
Did it dawn on him that the law was about to inspire 100,000 homeschooling families to move out of CA? And these are the type of families that have jobs and pay taxes, not the welfare sponging liberal types.
It's also a right of parents guaranteed by a long standing Supreme Court Ruling -
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000075.asp
I doubt it. What’s another 100,000 when you have a net loss in population of 250,000 per year.
I love statements like this, because they manifest the professional educator's worldview that learning only takes place in school. I've found that most (worthwhile) learning takes place anywhere BUT in school.
I learned to hate school while going to school, and I became far too cynical. I have barely recovered from the experience, and I graduated from HS in 1980.
Bout time he was good for something....
Mark “the Great One” Levin discussed this briefly on his radio show today. I missed Hannity & Colmes tonight; I was actually going to tune in predicting now that his friend Arnold has spoken against this, Sean might have time for it.
At least the conservative media is covering it. It is gratifying to see discussion even over at The Corner on NRO.
well something I actually AGREE with him on!!!
Every homeschooled child shall be issued a cucumber and a condom! Heil Hillary!
Pretty damned depressing, isn’t it?
Don't give them any ideas!
It would seem so, if the judge characterized the statutes correctly. (See also post 96 above from Amerigomag which makes no mention of credential, just states "persons capable of teaching").
Doesn't this just make you think of Hillary Clinton's village?
Yeah. But I have mixed feelings. I was doing some research a couple years ago about the communist schools in California. In one school located in Yucaipa, they had the good little students lining up every day before the Soviet flag, pledging allegiance to Russia, and singing communist songs. Today, the people that would be teaching in those schools have just moved into the public education system. I don't know what the right answer is as to oversight, but it seems like with zero oversight there is a risk to "public welfare." Of course, when you have the inmates running the prisons there are bound to be a whole different set of issues. ;-)
My teacher career spanned from 1968-2000. Most of my teacher ed classes were completely worthless. In the 1980’s and 1990’s many of my student teachers told me that their classes were a waste of their time and money.
no one in the school was ever concerned with our credentials when we had to assist with the homework, correct it with them,
and then review it all.
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