Tuesday, February 8, 2011

House to Hear Homeschooling Bills

House to Hear Homeschooling Bills

House to Hear Homeschooling Bills

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 08:08 AM PST

Proposals to loosen state oversight expected to draw a crowd.

One measure would strip rulemaking authority from the department of education; another would repeal the state's current home-schooling law but make it a violation for  parents to purposely fail to educate their children. The third, and most sweeping, would clarify that it's a parent's natural right to determine and direct a child's instruction. Republican Laura Jones is that bill's lead sponsor. She's home-schooled her own children in 5 states, and sees what a parent teaches a child as akin to how a parent chooses to clothe or feed them: none of the state's business absent reports of neglect.

"It would probably work its way out in that a neighbor would notice that a child 10, 11 years old years old and just couldn't form a senate and they would call the authorities and the authorities would investigate."

Families that home school are likely to be out in force at the hearings, which have been scheduled for Representatives Hall. The NH department of education is also expected to testify.

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