Petition to
Protect Homeschooling
A California Court of Appeal recently decided that homeschooling is illegal in California unless a parent is a certified teacher.
The case arose in a confidential juvenile court proceeding.
The League became aware of the case through
Focus on the Family on March 6th.
The Court could have restricted its decision to the facts before it, but instead, it issued a broad ruling that effectively outlaws home education in California. The Court also certified its decision for publication, which means that the decision can now be cited as legal authority by all other courts in California.
The family and their California counsel are planning to appeal to the Supreme Court of California, which could result in reversal.
Another option to keep homeschooling free in California is to petition the Supreme Court of California to “depublish” the opinion. If the opinion is “depublished” then it cannot be used by other California courts and this threat to homeschool freedom will be neutralized for other California homeschoolers.
The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) will be formally petitioning the California Supreme Court to depublish the opinion.
To sign the official HSLDA petition go
here.
HSLDA would like to show that many other people, both in California and
all across the country, care deeply about homeschool
freedom in California. The League is gathering
names to demonstrate support for this action.
Please show your support for
our effort by
filling out this form today.
The Christian Civic League of Maine
70
Sewall Street
Augusta, Maine 04330
v-
207-622-7634
f-
207-621-0035
email@cclmaine.org
The
Christian is the real radical of our generation,
for he stands against the monolithic, modern
concept of truth as relative. But too often,
instead of being the radical, standing against
the shifting sands of relativism, he subsides
into merely maintaining the status quo.
If it is true that evil is evil, that God hates
it to the point of the cross, and that there is
a moral law fixed in what God is in Himself,
then Christians should be the first into the
field against what is wrong--including man's
inhumanity to man.
--
Francis Schaeffer -- |
