California court: Home school parents must have teaching credential

California

California parents without teaching credentials can no longer 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 criminal complaints against the parents, the judge said. An estimated 166,000 students in California are home schooled.

To earn a five-year preliminary teaching credential in California, a person must obtain a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and complete multiple examinations.

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"I have sincerely held religious beliefs," he said. "Public schools conflict with that. I have to go with what my conscience requires me."

[yeah the net's afire with calls for the judges head, but that's not the problem. He mentions the lack of constitutional right because that's what's needed not to enforce the laws on the books, which our education 'system' has jury-rigged to require state {by which I mean government at any level} approval before you can teach your own children. That invariably leads to the state deciding what your children will, or won't, be taught (and hence, think). Consider that last point re: religious beliefs - and its implications for any of us that hold any views not embraced by our government. In this country citizen used to tell government what it was and wasn't allowed to do - it's rapidly becoming the other away around, even in matters as intensely personal of what we'll teach our children. The good news is it has the same solution...]

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CA State Legislature = http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html