[MotherofTen]

First off, I agree with your spirit. :)

And I consider the CPS the 'New Gestapo". I have a very healthy fear of ever getting on their radar.

>> They can come into your house with no probable cause, no proof, and no warrant.>>

But this is not true. CPS had to settle with the Calabretta family in California for thousands of dollars for doing that. HSLDA counsels that you NEVER let them in your house unless they have a warrant. If you are a homeschooler, you are wise to belong to HSLDA, and in the event of CPS coming to your door, call HSLDA and hand the phone to the social worker.

There are other strategies to protect yourself in case of contact, such as preempting them by having your private physician examine your children.

However with the subjectivity of the above bill, none of us are safe. The liberals no longer see education as the focus of the public school, but socialization. Which of course translates into being indoctrinated with liberal/Marxist ideology.

Thank God we only have two more years of military duty here, and then we can return to the South, the land of the Bible Belt.

[Carry_Okie]

But this is not true. CPS had to settle with the Calabretta family in California for thousands of dollars for doing that. HSLDA counsels that you NEVER let them in your house unless they have a warrant. If you are a homeschooler, you are wise to belong to HSLDA, and in the event of CPS coming to your door, call HSLDA and hand the phone to the social worker.

The average family in California does not have HSLDA available to help (we're members), lacks the instruction on how to keep them out, and it didn't stop CPS from trying it anyway, did it?.

They can do it and will, whether it's legal or not (legality has seldom stopped CPS in the past whenever they choose to trump something up). We are stuck with fighting every case and are faced with a disproportionate burden of proof considering the severity of the charges, the depth of their financial resources with which to pony phony "expurts," and the flimsy basis for their claims.