California homeschool update

The court ruling by a California Appeals court that made homeschooling illegal in California has been given a new hearing.

a ruling concluded parents in the state held neither a statutory right nor a constitutional right to provide homeschooling to their own children.

That ruling from the California Court of Appeal for the 2nd Appellate District was vacated when the court granted a petition to rehear the case, and the new filing is from the Pacific Justice Institute on behalf of Sunland Christian Academy, the private school that offers the independent program in which the family's children were enrolled.

It is important to know that the ruling is simply being reheard -- not reversed. Related bad news:

In an ominous move, the court has asked various parties attached to the public education establishment for their opinions on homeschooling. This includes the California Teachers Association, the State Board of Education, and the Los Angeles teacher's union, among others.

And some:

find it fishy that the court began challenging Californians' right to homeschool just one month after a coalition of Christian and pro-family organizations called for a mass "exodus" from California schools, due to troubling new curriculum requirements.

The Governator has promised to protect homeschoolers if the courts do not overturn the ruling -- he could start by eliminating the whole appeals court that overstepped its authority to make the ruling in the first place. Such justices should be impeached.

Even students are getting their say.

"The court cannot 'make' something illegal – that's the legislature's job. Sheesh!" wrote Jon Chi Lou, of Heritage Christian High School.

And Hye-Sung F. Gehring added, "This is ridiculous. California is retarded. Always has been."