updated Fri. April 5, 2024
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OneNewsNow
April 12, 2018
Much has been made about people leaving California in recent years over the high cost of living, and one organization believes that the exodus may get worse if a bill involving homeschooling is passed. Following the arrest of homeschooling parents David and Louise Turpin in Riverside County, CaliforniaÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
April 10, 2018
No doubt everyone in California has heard of the tragedy in Southern California in which home-schooling parents were arrested in January for the psychological and physical abuse of their thirteen children. Louise and David Turpin were charged with multiple felony counts of torture, child abuse, abuse ofÃâà...
NPR
April 9, 2018
Adam and Holly Groza are home-school parents in Redlands, Calif., a suburban town an hour east of Los Angeles. "We met families that home-schooled and they were mature, and thoughtful, and kind," Holly says. "These teenagers would look at you when you talked and actually interact. And, I think weÃâà...
Home School Legal Defense Association
April 4, 2018
by Mike Smith • April 4, 2018. There is good news in the continuing saga of the homeschoolers' fight for freedom in California. The author of Assembly Bill 2756 has changed the measure so that it no longer calls for local fire marshals to inspect the homes of homeschooling families every year. However, there's some badÃâà...
Home School Legal Defense Association
March 28, 2018
by Mike Smith • March 28, 2018. California homeschoolers face yet another legislative challenge—a bill that would rewrite the legal foundation for home education in order to make it easier to regulate. Freedom-loving homeschooling families in California have already rallied against Assembly Bill 2756, which calls for fireÃâà...
gvwire.com
March 23, 2018
“Homeschoolers generally score as well or better than their public school counterparts and a study showed that there is not a difference in test scores of homeschoolers on these standardized tests in the highly regulated states like New York and lower regulated states like California. The Legislature agreedÃâà...
gvwire.com
March 21, 2018
Medina's AB 2756 initially required homeschool homes to be inspected yearly by a local fire inspector. Groups like the Home School Legal Defense Association and the HomeSchool Association of California felt such an intrusion violated the Fourth Amendment, which requires a warrant for such searches.
TIME
December 31, 1999
The parents who drove off a California cliff with their six adopted children were allowed to continue home-schooling them despite repeated allegations of child abuse across three states. The crash that killed Jennifer and Sarah Hart and at least three of their children, has become the latest high-profile caseÃâà...
