Luz Shosie and Ned Vare

on 8/19/02 2:19 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> I am not quite sure how the truancy law would be applied to refusal to test.
> It only talks about unexcused absences.......my child will be present in my
> homeschool daily......??
> If anyone has had some experience in this area I would sure appreciate the
> additional advice.
>
> Kimber in AR

"Truancy" applies only to children who are enrolled in a school and are
"absent" from that school for a certain number of days.

In CT, our organizations have written to the members that "truancy" does not
apply to homeschoolers, because there are no absences from a homeschool, by
definition. Kimber's intuition is correct, in my opinion.

The state does not own anyone's children. It has no right to act as though
it owns them. Therefore it cannot control children who are not under its
"care" by contract with the parents.

The state (the education establishment -- unions) will continue to harass
and intimidate homeschoolers until a family challenges these vague and
dishonest regulations. When they are challenged and their true intent of
control is revealed, they will be removed, and homeschooling will be better
for everyone. All testing should be under the control of the people in
charge of the child, no one else.

What gives a "state" the right to test children who have opted out of its
schools, especially since their reason for homeschooling was that the
schools are inadequate and the tests are meaningless and dishonest?

The tests have nothing to do with education. They are used as a mechanism to
control people and money.

Ned Vare