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06/28/2008: "California outlawing home schooling"
The recent ruling handed down by the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, ignited a firestorm among the home schooling community, creating uncertainty and raising the possibility of criminal prosecution among students and their families.
The court declared home schooling is not a constitutional right and parents who home school their children require a teaching credential. This ruling, which seems more political than prudent, could criminalize parents who choose to educate their own children at home because of personal beliefs.
Deciding that parents need a teaching credential to educate their own children is preposterous. Credentialing is used to hold the government accountable to parents in its hiring of teachers, not to hold parents accountable to the government.
[ This should be unconstitutional surely? ]
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