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March 26, 2008
No Homeschooler Left Unknown
The State of Michigan, in its infinite wisdom, has put forth a bill to require homeschoolers to register with your local school superintendent.
HB5912 says thusly (new, proposed material in bold):
(4) For a child being educated at the child's home by his or
her parent or legal guardian, both of the following apply:
(a) The exemption from the requirement to attend public school
may exist under either subsection (3)(a) or (3)(f), or both.
(b) The exemption from the requirement to attend public school
exists only if the child's attendance is appropriately reported to
public school officials as required under section 1578.
Sec. 1578. (1) The appropriate authority of each nonpublic
school at the beginning of
theeach school year shall furnish all
of the following to the superintendent of schools of the school
district in which the nonpublic school is situated or the
intermediate superintendent:
(a) The name and age of each child who is enrolled at the
school.
(b) The number or name of the school district and the city or
township and county in which the parent, guardian, or person in
parental relation resides.
(c) The name and address of the parent, guardian, or other
person in parental relation.
(d) The name and age of each child enrolled in the school who
is not in regular attendance.
(2) The parent or legal guardian of a child being educated at
the child's home by his or her parent or legal guardian as
described in section 1561(3)(f) shall at the beginning of each
school year furnish all of the following to the superintendent of
schools of the school district in which the child's home is
situated or the intermediate superintendent of the intermediate
school district in which the child's home is situated:
(a) The name and age of each child who is being educated at
the home.
(b) The number or name of the school district and the city or
township and county in which the parent or legal guardian resides.
(c) The name and address of the parent or legal guardian.
HB 5912 was introduced in the state
house on March 19, 2008, by Reps. Clack (D), Hammon(D), Constan (D), Johnson
(D), Hammel (D), Vagnozzi (D), Alma Smith (D), Meadows (D), LeBlanc (D),
Simpson(D), Robert Jones (D), Virgil Smith (D), Jackson (D), Leland (D),
Bauer (D), Kathleen Law (D), Polidori (D), Corriveau (D), Ebli (D),
Sheltrown (D), Wojno (D), Farrah (D), Miller (D), and Dean (D).
My goodness, look at all the "D"s.
I'm not that worried. This is stupid and unnecessary, but the homeschoolers are rallying and I don't think it will go anywhere. Apparently the government tried this 10 years ago, and failed. Still, if you homeschool in Michigan, you can use this link to contact your representative and let them know that Michigan can bite your shiny metal you strongly disagree with such legislation.
Posted by lynx at March 26, 2008 11:10 PM
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Comments
Yep, lots of Ds. Probably the same as the report cards of the rat bastards when they were in school.
We must have sympathy for them, though. It's mighty hard to send truant officers around to harass homeschoolers if they don't know who we are or where we live. :P
Posted by: KathyJo at March 28, 2008 8:15 PM