The New Hampshire House of Representatives plans to vote this week on whether to strictly regulate homeschooling.
"Trying to sneak through massive changes in the New Hampshire homeschool law by manipulating the system is unacceptable,” says Home School Legal Defense Association staff attorney Mike Donnelly. “The Democratic leadership and the Chairman of the Education Committee know that if they allowed an open process the overwhelming majority would vote Inexpedient to Legislate.”
Opposition is mounting against the Democratic leadership who are using a legislative maneuver to override the recommendations of a bi-partisan legislative study committee who recently voted 14-6 that the proposed new homeschool law (House Bill 368) is "Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL)."
"After studying this issue for several years I've gotten to know homeschoolers, the law, and how the system works and I'm convinced that it is working fine - there are no changes needed. Some people have accused me of doing a 180 on homeschooling - and I would have to admit that's true. But that's because I've seen that homeschooling is working for children in our state and the current law is adequate,” says Democratic Representative Barbara Shaw. Shaw is a retired teacher with 45 years experience and author of the majority report recommending that H.B. 368 is ITL.
Republican Minority Leader Sherman Packard said that his party supports no further changes in the state's homeschooling law: "We've always supported homeschoolers - we aggressively support ITL. Until the end of last week we weren't aware that there was a problem with this legislation since the majority report was ITL."
Education
Swedish Family May Lose Child over Homeschooling
Christer and Annie Johansson could lose permanent custody of their only child, seven-year-old Dominic Johansson, because they believe homeschooling is the best way to educate her.
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Educators Land in Court over Meal-time Prayer
The Principal of Pace High School, Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman are facing criminal contempt charges for a prayer over a meal. Liberty Counsel is in a federal District Court in Pensacola representing them.
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Teaching U. S. Government Right
Our children should not be taught to “trust and parrot.”
As our children go through life, they will continually interact with government. Under present conditions in the United States, government will confiscate about half of everything they ever earn – through direct taxes on their wages and taxes on the people and institutions with whom they conduct business. Government regulations and bureaucrats will limit their activities in business, recreation, home life, and even in the exercise of their Christian faith. Government may draft them to fight in war. Virtually every newspaper they read will be filled with reports of the actions of federal, state, and local government.
Lessons in religious liberty head back to school
Public school students, teachers, and parents will get a civics lesson on free speech this fall thanks to the National Free to Speak Campaign. Gateways to Better Education and the Alliance Defense Fund are working together to promote greater awareness of the U.S. Department of Education’s guidelines on students’ freedom of religious expression in public schools.
“Students have the liberty to express their faith at school,” says Gateways to Better Education President Eric Buehrer. “One of the most important civics lessons all students should learn is that freedom of religious expression is a fundamental right of all Americans, and, as the U.S. Supreme Court has stated, this freedom does not end at the schoolhouse gate.”
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“Students have the liberty to express their faith at school,” says Gateways to Better Education President Eric Buehrer. “One of the most important civics lessons all students should learn is that freedom of religious expression is a fundamental right of all Americans, and, as the U.S. Supreme Court has stated, this freedom does not end at the schoolhouse gate.”
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Judge Andrew Naplitano Shares How We Can Re-establish Freedom in America Again. He is a freedom fighter, a liberty-seeker, and a straight shooter. He’s the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey, the host of Fox’s Freedom Watch show, and the author of four books, including “Constitutional Chaos,” “The Constitution in Exile,” “A Nation of Sheep” and his latest effort “Dred Scott’s Revenge.”