says California court
Allie Martin and Jody Brown
OneNewsNow
A three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal has determined parents in that state have no legal right to http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2964 sanctions.
California Justice H. Walter Croskey has stated in an opinion that “parents who fail to [comply with school enrollment laws program based in Sylmar.
The ruling reverses an earlier opinion from a Superior Court that found that “parents have a constitutional right to school their children in their own home.” But in his reversal, Croskey refers to the “ruse of enrolling [children in a private school and then letting them stay home and be taught by a non-credentialed parent.”Brad Dacus, president of the Sacramento-based Pacific Justice Institute, calls the scope of the decision “breathtaking.”
“It not only attacks traditional home schooling, but also calls into question home schooling through charter schools and teaching children at home via independent study through public and private schools,” he explains.
According to Dacus, the ruling goes against prior court decisions. “Case law in federal court and by the U.S. Supreme Court [has already recognized that parents have a fundamental right over the education of their children,” he points out. “And in fact, the lower-court judge in this decision … actually ruled that these parents had a constitutional right to home school their children. But it was reversed by this three-judge panel in this appellate court.”
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