Posted on 07/12/2008 7:40:42 AM PDT by kellynla
A controversial legal ruling that outlawed most forms of home schooling in California will face greater scrutiny because the underlying family court case was dismissed earlier this week.
News of the decision broke Friday as thousands of members of the Christian Home Educators Assn. of California met in Long Beach, where they opened with: "We pray God you deliver home-schoolers in California from the mouth of the lion. . . . Change the hearts of these judges, we pray."
The issue remains in legal limbo. On Thursday, the family court judge terminated its jurisdiction over two of the eight children of Phillip and Mary Long, who were accused of mistreating some of their children. All of the children are currently or had been enrolled at Sunland Christian School, where they would occasionally take tests, but they were educated in their Lynwood home by their mother.
Lawyers appointed to represent the two children had requested that the court require them to physically attend a public or private school where adults could monitor their well-being. The family court disagreed, but the children's lawyers appealed.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled in February that Sunland officials' occasional monitoring of the Longs' home schooling was insufficient to qualify as being enrolled in a private school.
Because Mary Long does not have a teaching credential, the family has violated state laws, the ruling said.
The Longs, the Sunland school and others appealed, and the appellate panel agreed to revisit the ruling. That panel heard arguments last month and is expected to rule by late summer on whether parents can legally educate their children without a credential.
Home-school advocates said Thursday's decision makes the appellate discussions moot.
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Home/school bttt
Socialism will not tolerate independent thinkers. They are deadly cancer to a socialist society.
Here’s the latest in the California home schooling case. It looks like a partial victory for the homeschooling cause.
The only way to stop Nazi’s is to ......?
Thanks for the word...
I wouldn’t bet on it.
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The socialists and Marxist defenders of the compulsory, police enforced, government indoctrination camps are like the monsters in the movie, “The Night of the Living Dead”.
They’ll be back.
So WHY were “lawyers appointed” (by WHO?) to “represent the children” in the first place? (Who started the lawsuit against their parents!)
“They’ll be back.”
Like a bad check. LOL
By the state. IIRC, this started as a child abuse case, complete with sexual molestation by a family friend allowed to babysit. The documents are available online.
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