September 11, 2006
>
> Michigan: Family Receives Unannounced Home Visit
>
> Dear HSLDA members:
>
> A Home School Legal Defense Association member family was taken by
> surprise on September 5, when a school official from Gogebic-
Ontonagon
> Intermediate School District came to the family's home and
demanded to
> see their curriculum.
>
> The school official gave no reason why, after seven years of
> homeschooling, the family was suddenly being visited by the school
> district. However, the school official did hand the family an
official
> letter, which seemed to support the demand to review their
curriculum
> and cited the compulsory attendance law.
>
> The mother, feeling very intimidated by the visit and the letter
> citing the compulsory attendance law, showed the school official
her
> curriculum.
>
> After seeing the curriculum, the school official seemed to be
> satisfied. He did remark, however, that "homeschooling is kind of
> expensive." The mother simply laughed and said that homeschooling
was
> much cheaper than the $7,000 per child that the public schools
charge
> taxpayers!
>
> Homeschool families in Michigan need to be on alert. These kind of
> unannounced visits happen from time to time in school districts
> throughout Michigan. If you are ever visited by a school official
> demanding to see your curriculum, simply say "no," and quickly
give
> HSLDA a call. We would be more than happy to talk to the school
> official at your door on the phone, and explain to them your
rights
> under Michigan law.
>
> The homeschool law states, "The child is being educated in the
child's
> home by his or her parent or legal guardian in an organized
> educational program in the subject areas of reading, spelling,
> mathematics, science, history, civics, literature, writing, and
> English grammar." That is all the law says. There is no
requirement
> that a family have their curriculum reviewed in any way by the
public
> school. The legislation was specifically written so that families
> would not have to have their curriculum arbitrarily approved or
> disapproved by the school district like they used to under the old
> law.
>
> HSLDA routinely sends letters on behalf of member families
contacted
> by the school district with such illegal requests. In virtually
every
> one of these situations, the homeschooler is then left alone
without
> having their curriculum reviewed by the school district. Once
again,
> school district officials are reminded of their limits under the
law.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Christopher J. Klicka, Esq.
> HSLDA Senior Counsel
>
>
>
>
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>
> Home School Legal Defense Association
> P.O. Box 3000
> Purcellville, Virginia 20134
> Phone: (540) 338-5600
> Fax: (540) 338-2733
> Email: info@...
> Web: http://www.hslda.org
>
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WHATEVER THEY OR YOU DO.....NEVER, EVER LET THEM INTO YOUR HOME!! SAY NO AND SHUT THE DOOR!!

Love Your Siggy Line!!

Good! There needs to accountability in and out of the standard classroom!

I now I have family that homeschools and every time we go to Disney and see a show she is marking down Social Studies or Science hours. Sometimes both for the same event.

They go skiing and it is a Science field trip as is making a snowman.

No, it's not "good".

It's illegal! That is why there are laws established for different states regarding homeschooling.

In this state, the public schools or their "administrators" have NO RIGHTS to dictate to homeschooling families. Ergo, they are not allowed to question what a homeschooling family teaches their children or HOW they teach their children.

While there are families out there that opt to use Homeschooling as a blanket to cover other more devious acts (such as abuse, etc), it is not up to the Public Schools to determine these issues.

So in short, NO...It's NOT good, and for those who are not homeschoolers, it's none of your business how or why a family chooses to homeschool.