Home-school protections in Idaho's plans

Pete Chagnon and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 1/9/2009

Idaho lawmakers will be considering a bill in 2009 that will give home schoolers legal protection. Under current Idaho law, home schoolers have some shelter under the state's compulsory attendance law, which says children between the ages of 7 and 16 must be enrolled in public, private, or parochial schools unless their parents are providing "other comparable instruction." While Idaho's courts have understood that to include the right to home education, recent rulings around the country indicate that judges' perspectives can change over time.

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