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California parents who don't have teaching credentials no longer can home school their children, according to a recent state appellate court ruling.
"Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children," Justice H. Walter Croskey wrote in a Feb. 28 opinion for the 2nd District Court of Appeals.
Noncompliance could lead to a criminal complaint against the parents, Croskey said.
An estimated 166,000 students in California are home schooled.
California has allowed home schooling if parents either file paperwork to establish themselves as small, private schools; hire a credentialed tutor; or enroll their child in an independent study program run by an established school while teaching the child at home.
Until now, the state has left it up to local school districts to enforce those provisions. The districts have done little.
This undeclared police of laissez-faire has been popular with many.
http://cbs13.com/local/home.school.ruling.2.670708.html
"Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children," Justice H. Walter Croskey wrote in a Feb. 28 opinion for the 2nd District Court of Appeals.
Noncompliance could lead to a criminal complaint against the parents, Croskey said.
An estimated 166,000 students in California are home schooled.
California has allowed home schooling if parents either file paperwork to establish themselves as small, private schools; hire a credentialed tutor; or enroll their child in an independent study program run by an established school while teaching the child at home.
Until now, the state has left it up to local school districts to enforce those provisions. The districts have done little.
This undeclared police of laissez-faire has been popular with many.
http://cbs13.com/local/home.school.ruling.2.670708.html