I purposely made this very succinct. I didn't give it much thought when I wrote it really so I can change the wording, but I want it very simple. I want people to actually read it and not muddy it up with facts and figures. Our job is not to convince them on the merit of homeschooling, but simply to get them to understand the place of government when it comes to parental rights.There should be NO regulation of homeschooling. While it is true that there may be cases where school is simply not being taught, those cases should be handled individually. We do not treat physical abuse of children as the rule and invite investigators into every home with a child, nor should we do so with homeschooling. The rare exceptions should be handled as such... rare.
Affidavits should not be required. Does the government really have the right to grant or deny a parent the ability to teach their children at home and in accordance to their own beliefs and needs? To claim such is usurpation.
There should be no requirement to fill a certain number of days or hours in a homeschool. Certainly one can understand that what takes one child but a moment to learn, another child may take hours to learn. Children's brains do not absorb information at the same rate from child to child. If a child finishes his work in one hour or seven hours, it should make no difference to the state.
Anyone here with me on this?
I've contacted UHEA for input, and I don't care if it takes until the next legislative session to gather at least one constituent for each rep, but that is my plan.
