Conservative Christian leaders are outraged at the California appeals court decision last week rejecting a parent's right to educate their children at home.
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A California Court of Appeal recently decided that homeschooling is illegal in California unless a parent is a certified teacher.
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Often, when homeschool families come into contact with state officials, they run across employees who are uninformed about laws with regard homeschooling.
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The administrator of a Christian school in California says it's time for concerned parents to stand against judicial activism before parental rights are irreparably damaged.
Read Article: Sunland Christian School administrator weighs in on CA home-school
On February 28, 2008, the California Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a juvenile court proceeding that declared that almost all forms of homeschooling in California are in violation of state law. (Private tutoring by certified teachers remains an option.) Moreover, the court ruled that parents possess no constitutional right to homeschool their children.
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Parents of 166,000 students could face criminal charges
Unfortunate Court Decision in California
Court: No Constitutional Right to Educate Children at Home
Justices rule homeschooling in California illegal
Ruling, if unchanged, could be used against tens of thousands
Ruling seen as a threat to many home-schooling families
Homeschoolers' setback in appeals court ruling
Home-school parents oppose court ruling
California court ruling limits some Barstow home school programs
Appellate Court: Parents must be certified to home school
California court: Home school parents must have teaching credential
Court: Parents Must Have Teaching Credentials to Home School Kids
Tommy Arnold, a fourth-grader with Homeschool Explorers Homeschool Association. Last year, he represented Homeschool Connection and Communication.
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As usual, the Mississippi Legislature considered a number of bills during the 2008 session affecting the freedoms of homeschooling families. None of these bills survived scrutiny at the committee level and, therefore, died without further consideration.
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Fed up with crowded classes, Rose Banks plucked her gifted granddaughter from her El Centro elementary school midway through the first grade, and started cobbling together a homeschool program. For Banks, who had never taught before, it was a bewildering task.
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If you want to teach your children at home, you'll first have to get them out of public school.
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The Grand Haven/Muskegon area home school boys JV basketball team went 3-0 at the Michigan Home School Basketball State Championship, held this past weekend at Central Michigan University.
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