alt.education

"Josh Rosenbluth" wrote in message
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You suffer from smoke in your eyes.

CPS argued that the children must be taught by a credentialed teacher, but
only so far as it was concerned with the two of eight kids that it wanted
placed into a brick & mortar school, not a home school.

The credentials of the parents were called into question, that is clear. But
the quality of the education that the children got was never an issue. If
CPS had stuck to its mission of protecting children and left education to
the educators, this case would never had made it this far. The case is not
about education. Period.

If CPS made a claim that the children were getting a bad education at the
hands of uncredentialed parents, then I would agree with your agrument.

But the assertion I have made is that the legislature and California State
Department of Education allow for home schools and give specific guidelines
for establilshment and operation of a home school, and the family met the
rules. This is a fact that nobody disputes.

The courts, not the legislators, have shut down a home school that everybody
that cares about such things was happy with. The courts are forcing the
legislators react to a ruling, which is the point I was making when I got
into this with you.




Background History
A family in Sunland Christian School (SCS) dealt with allegations from the
Department of Children Services (DCS) through the Juvenile Court. The judged
closed the case handing down a favorable decision for the family allowing
them to continue homeschooling. The DCS worker closed their case.
However, the court appointed lawyers for the children didn't like the ruling
and appealed to the California Court of Appeals. During this process, no new
evidence or testimony could be heard and the court made a decision based on
the information, evidence and process of the lower court. Their decision
indicated parents do not have a constitutional right in the State of
California to determine their children's education and deemed that no form
of homeschooling is illegal here should be "legal"> in the state.


TRANSLATION
CPS lost, and homeschooling was ruled to be proper and allowable. The
lawyers (CPS) for the children appealed their loss. The case is not about
the quality of eductation, it is about the reach of CPS.


CALIFORNIA STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Jack O'Connell, Superintendent of Public Instruction states, "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."


TRANSLATION
The California Department of Education has no problem with homeschooling in
general or this home school in particular, and if CPS did not raise the
issue it would not be before us now. This is really about CPS's inability to
handle its own case loads, and they are forcing children from the home
school program into brick & mortar schools for no other reason than to have
the school's teachers and administrators play the role of case worker.


Here is the full background
http://www.home-schooling.org/CA_Court_of_Appeal_-_Ruling/ca_court_of_appeal_-_ruling.html#backgroundhistory