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Many state constitutions define and require a government school system.

Maybe so - for all children are supposed to have ACCESS to schooling.

However, such rulings DO NOT require that all children attend Government schools.

Know Why?

Such requirement would be against the law.

What Law?

The one passed down by the SCOTUS in 1925:

In 1925, the Supreme Court decided the Pierce v. Society of Sisters6 case, thereby supporting Meyer’s recognition of the parents’ right to direct the religious upbringing of their children and to control the process of their education. In Pierce, the Supreme Court struck down an Oregon compulsory education law which, in effect, required attendance of all children between ages eight and sixteen at public schools...

I had thought this issue had been settled in the US...but then, there are a lot of Socialists in power across the country.

When I decided to move back to my home state of Maine some 28 years ago, to assure my daughter, then 5, would not be subjected to the California Government Indoctrination Camps, aka Public Schools, I was dismayed to find that the same curriculum, including the under-the-radar, anti-family books and teachings that families were mostly unaware of as they aren't listed as part of the Curriculum, were here also.

Fortunately, that same year, a small Christian School opened just one block away...

But parents here were being jailed, children abducted by the state, for 'home schooling.'

We fought some long and hard battles for several years - but as a result, Maine is now one of the best states in the country for home schooling...and parents are NOT required to get permission from the state commissars.

However, it behooves parents who home school to align with one of the Home School Associations. This not only provides invaluable advice but legal help should it be needed. It also gives wonderful opportunities for home schooled kids to get together for joint activities and exercises that far exceed anything they'd get in public school. (This, the state now realizes and after getting their noses bloodied enough times, now leave the home schoolers alone. The only requirement is periodic testing to assure the kids are getting an education.)

Churches are tailor made for small neighborhood schools. They have the classrooms, the kitchen and bath facilities, and would return education to the old, small-community schooling, proven to provide better and safer education. It also eliminates, for the most part, the need to bus - and being trapped on buses for up to 2 hours a day. The parents are not shoved aside but have access and input.

The Christian School my daughter attended from 1st grade to 10th (the school shut down) was not my denomination, but FAR preferable to the government warehouses, aka, schools.

It's time for the churches to step up and provide a safe haven for His children. I believe it's a Mandate that is not being fulfilled...