Parents of an estimated 166,000 children located in Los Angeles, California are waiting eagerly for a state appellate court ruiling based on the matter of whether they have the constitutional right to home-school their children without having obtained a teaching credential.
This question aroused on February, 28th. A panel of three judges ruled that in order for parents or tutors to home-school children must have a certification by the state. There ruling was based on a rarely enforced state education law, which few parents knew even existed. The reaction of this ruling had quickly spread throughout the state which just happens to be one of the nation's largest number of home-schoolers across the country.
This ruling, that has been suspended pending a June rehearing, will then threaten to send back children to the classroom that are home-schooled during their days. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that this "outrageous" ruling should be overturned and assured parents that they will have the right to home-school their children.
This decision erupted from a juvenile court case that a child reported a physically abusive father. The attorney for the child and the sibling asked the court to require their enrollment in a public or private school, rather than being home-schooled. This court had refused, saying that it would violate the parents' constitutional rights.
I think that if the parent(s) want to home-school their children, then they would not be opposed to obtaining a teaching credential. Although, obtaining this credential does not guarantee any better education, it could be something that aids in child security.
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