I just got back from vacation, but my wife has been following this since she homeschools our son and is involved in a lot of discussion in an online group. The latest I'd heard is that the Governator will do what's necessary to keep homeschooling available, even if that means working with the legislators to change the laws. Thing is, it's not illegal now -- i.e. any family can declare themselves a private school -- so a lot of this is just political. One easy way to look at this -- if a private school with 100 students had some serious child abuse charges borne out (i.e. proved/provable in court), they would likely be shut down. Same in this case; no need to say "not only can you not be a private school, but no other family can either", when you can just say "we're closing your private school for reasons X, Y, and Z". Perhaps the law may need clarification to formalize this process... In any case, I should think banning homeschooling in CA would be an exceptionally bad idea, not only for the families involved, but for the already-overcrowded public schools that would need to suddenly absorb a lot more kids. Please note also, that I don't trust the HSLDA at all [as we are atheist liberals], but we do share common goals at times. There are plenty of secular homeschoolers out there too, and not just in CA. Without going into any bragging about my son's academic level, putting him into any other school next year would be a big step backwards in his education, and we have no intention of doing this. Additionally, I want to say that I have no problem with families who homeschool their children in a manner more integrated with their religious beliefs (as is the common preconception about homeschooling in general). Just wanted to weigh in as a homeschooling Californian. Cheers, Joe (Ankhst) > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on lists.looneylabs.com > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 > X-Original-To: something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Delivered-To: something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-ver sion:content-type; bh=yjJCzIQpq8WMdmRS66TttSLfNJ5W5tEhf0eNnL3aEMw=; b=mpuaItFhzvnuFjGYwhG/RMx5Xv0ttdQOaFzmHU4JqJHmyw89tTZ8kU2sS6fSZaiSx5Ql+spyWFCrQ4 /yjO/vvGxNA/77oALP17vwitewqISyysHJFU1rvjaD4lGkSS2TC5RoTZ0cU25DajblwUrqbevpuwhPk0 j5UT4vXSS86/g= > DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=PG8fL4CqjJ9RHigoEI7U71IownMHgo40gwVaZvHzVwBG42VxONqVEeGATJP8sFChWF8k22YuxesS7w AVBkI1EOnlYDZHo0RocsdE9EFZnHZLk5oRrEqxnNxOQP7T00jRjSKEF/uzTTMqwO09mlHtxFhhH28V7H a6ZMg8tE4Mb8I= > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:22:55 -0500 > From: "Kimberly Terrill" <kiter5@xxxxxxxxx> > To: something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Something] california law to ban parental rights > X-ASG-Whitelist: Sender (Per-User) >