In addition to day-to-day aspects of school law, national cases come to my attention. I won't make this into a federal judiciary blog, but some cases are worthy of mention.
The California Court of Appeals recently ruled that parents do not have the constitutional right to home school their children. In my opinion, what made this case interesting is that the case came from a child and family state agency (DSS in MA, DCYF in NH) investigation.
Attorneys for two of the children filed a claim with the juvenile court saying the children should be in public school. The juvenile court opined that the education the children were receiving was inferior, but that the parents had the right to home-school their children.
The case was appealed with the above court making the ruling.
The reaction was met with strong words from high-ranking officials, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. All stated that home-schooling was still alive in California, and legislation might need to be enacted to ensure the ability of parents to home-school their children.
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