Posted by Howard Richman on August 09 2008 at 20:59:56:
Here´s a selection from an article by Riya Bhattacharjee about the decision from today´s Berkeley (CA) Daily Plan:
The Second District Court of Appeal reversed itself and ruled Friday that parents in California had the right to homeschool their children even if they lacked teaching credentials under state law.HowardThe 44-page page ruling declared that “California statutes permit homeschooling as a species of private school education.”...
Diane Flynn Keith, director of Bay Area-based Homefires, an online resource for parents who homeschool their kids, said she was delighted by the news....
“It leaves homeschooling exactly where it belongs—that is, legal in the state of California without any kind of restraint or interference form the government. I am a little disappointed the ruling said there should be some kind of legislation to define homeschooling. In doing that, regulations and restrictions might impede parents from teaching kids in the best possible way.”...