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. ;-)
I probably come down someplace in the middle on this one. Yes, oversight. Does that mean the child must be in a group classroom environment? No.
I agree children should be taught the history of their state and civics --the forms of participatory democracy in order to make effective citizens. They need objective testing for competence, and practical real-world exercises that bring meaning. You can't allow a child to be cheated by a failure to apply standards.
When it was first introduced I read over the K-12 curriculum online. If only I had that kind of education!