alt.education

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:38:58 -0400, Josh Rosenbluth
wrote:

>Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
>>
>> "Josh Rosenbluth" wrote in message
>> news:2sudnZSI0vUbvH7anZ2dnUVZ_viunZ2d@comcast.com...
>>
>>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, when I was a kid, my parents spanked me when they felt I needed
>>>> it. Somebody somewhere at sometime challenged a parent's right ot
>>>> spank, the court ruled that spanking was intolerable and the
>>>> legislature created a law to codeify the ruling.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Somebody somewhere"? That's another way of saying you don't know
>>> what you are talking about.
>>>
>>
>> Spank your kid in a public place and see what happens.
>
>That's a nice non-sequitir.
>
>>>>>> In my example of the homeschool and CPS, the courts clearly jumped
>>>>>> into an area of state law that is covered and works -- schooling --
>>>>>> and forced a family to send kids to school, and the court did it in
>>>>>> such a manner that all home schools in the state may be shut down.
>>>>>> The court is doing this, not the legislators.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In this case the legislature passed statutes which required
>>>>> schooling at a public school, private school, or tutored elsewhere
>>>>> (including the home) by a state-licensed teacher.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is not true. A home schooled child (as of today) can be taught
>>>> by a parent or legal guardian that registers with the state that they
>>>> are a home school, and they use a cirriculum administered by the
>>>> proper authority (where the gamit of authority is too broad to
>>>> specify here, and makes no difference). It is the court that is
>>>> dictating the credentials that a home school must have.
>>>
>>>
>>> No, you are wrong. From the case
>>> (http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B192878.PDF):
>>>
>>> "... enrollment and attendance in a public full-time day school is
>>> required by *California law* for minor children unless (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 legislature made the rules.
>>>
>>
>> California law provides for home schooling. Period. Just because you
>> have not found the code does not mean home school is not allowed.
>
>Citation?

"Parents in California may legally educate their children themselves,
or "homeschool", using a number of different choices...."
http://www.hsc.org/

"How do I go about homeschooling legally?
There are several exemptions from California's compulsory education
law which provide homeschoolers with a variety of alternatives for
homeschooling. You can:

Establish a private school, which involves taking some simple steps. A
teaching credential is not necessary. Once the school is established,
file a private school affidavit form.
Join a private school ISP, if it has filed its own private school
affidavit in California. If it has not, then you must take all of the
steps to establish your own private school and must file the private
school affidavit.
Join a public school ISP (Independent Study Program), in which case
your child is enrolled in public school.
Join a Charter School Homeschooling Program, in which case your child
is enrolled in public school.
Employ a credentialed tutor; or, if you have the appropriate
credential, you may be the tutor yourself.
You may decide which option best satisfies the current needs of your
family. As your needs change, you may choose to use a different
option." http://www.hsc.org/prolegal.html

"State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell comes to
the defense of homeschool families. "The California Department of
Education policy will not change in any way as a result of this
ruling. Parents still have the right to homeschool in this state," he
said. http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ca/200803030.asp