Comments on: The Right to Homeschool http://theimponderableone.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/the-right-to-homeschool/ The Blog for People like me.....always thinking. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mommy2myblessings http://theimponderableone.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/the-right-to-homeschool/#comment-49 mommy2myblessings Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:14:43 +0000 http://theimponderableone.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-49 I have posted an entry about the same issue. It is good to see others who are taking this seriously. So many are not. You can read my take on this matter here: http://www.thefullquiverhomeschoolhouse.wordpress.com I have posted an entry about the same issue. It is good to see others who are taking this seriously. So many are not.

You can read my take on this matter here:
http://www.thefullquiverhomeschoolhouse.wordpress.com

]]> By: jhcckkm http://theimponderableone.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/the-right-to-homeschool/#comment-48 jhcckkm Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:57:59 +0000 http://theimponderableone.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-48 If I understand the ruling, correctly, it states: "It is clear to us that enrollment and attendance in a public full time day school is required by California law for minor children unless," said the appellate court, "(1) the child is enrolled in a private full-time day school and actually attends that private school, (2) the child is tutored by a person holding a valid state teaching credential for the grade being taught, or (3) one of the other few statutory exemptions to compulsory public school attendance (Ed. Code, § 48220 et seq.) applies to the child." The key word above is: unless. And the key phrase is one of the other few statutory exemptions to compulsory public school attendance. Here is "One of the other few statutory exemptions": Qualify as a Private School by filing an annual affidavit with the Superintendent of Public Instruction between October 1 and 15. Court Documents: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B192878.PDF California Education Law: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=edc&codebody=33190%2C+48220&hits=20 <strong><em>Thank you for your comment. What is mostly at issue here is the following statement in the ruling made by one of the judges: ‘parents do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their children.’ This statement is in error. The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that parent have the right to homeschool. This ruling has now been published and that means that it can be cited as legal authority by all other courts in California. It must be de-published in order to be countermanded.</em></strong> If I understand the ruling, correctly, it states: “It is clear to us that enrollment and attendance in a public full time day school is required by California law for minor children unless,” said the appellate court, “(1) the child is enrolled in a private full-time day school and actually attends that private school, (2) the child is tutored by a person holding a valid state teaching credential for the grade being taught, or (3) one of the other few statutory exemptions to compulsory public school attendance (Ed. Code, § 48220 et seq.) applies to the child.”

The key word above is: unless. And the key phrase is one of the other few statutory exemptions to compulsory public school attendance.

Here is “One of the other few statutory exemptions”:
Qualify as a Private School by filing an annual affidavit with the Superintendent of Public Instruction between October 1 and 15.

Court Documents: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B192878.PDF

California Education Law: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=edc&codebody=33190%2C+48220&hits=20

Thank you for your comment.
What is mostly at issue here is the following statement in the ruling made by one of the judges:
‘parents do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their children.’
This statement is in error. The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that parent have the right to homeschool.
This ruling has now been published and that means that it can be cited as legal authority by all other courts in California. It must be de-published in order to be countermanded.

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