Wallace T. makes a good point Amelia, when is there going to be an organization to protect parents with kids already enrolled in the government schools? Hey, look at the kid charged with a felony just for having a steak knife.
And regarding your comment:
Since kids in the government indoctrination camps get in trouble should judges FORCE these kids to homeschool? Should judges put these parents in prison if they refuse to homeschool, or take their kids away?
As for having to be members of the HSLDA, I highly recommend it! We had truant officers at our door twice and a social worker once! Of course, we were among the pioneers and I did not know about the organization at the time. It would have saved us a LOT of worry.
And,,,In my opinion, if citizens need legal representation on permanent retainer to protect them from a oppressive, stupid, and sometimes evil government workers then it time to overthrow the oppression. It is one, among many reason why government schools must be shut DOWN!
Compulsory government schools mean police power with real bullets in those guns on the hip, ( Just ask John Singer), and the power to imprison parents and students and send kids into foster care.
This is what government schools are! And,,,once they get hold of a child they subject him to a curriculum and to indoctrination camp policies than can NEVER be religiously, culturally, or politically neutral.
I compare government school to the movie “Gremlins”. It looked sooo cute, warm, and fuzzy in the beginning. But,,,underneath were the sharp teeth of anti-First Amendment and armed police oppression.
Depends on the state, but in my state, if a child gets expelled from public school for behavior issues, the parents must either homeschool or find a private school that will accept that child. I understand that in some states, the state must provide a home tutor.
I have had students who were given the choice of attending school or going to jail for whatever their crimes were (because of confidentiality, we weren't told)...on the whole most were disruptive and didn't do their work. One of those in my class ended the year with a 4 (yes, one digit) average...I always thought the judge should require them to go to school and pass, or else teach that class himself.