How Homeschoolers Defeated California’s Push to Take Power From Parents:
"They came by the hundreds, one newspaper said—“perhaps thousands.”
Some traveled hours, others waited hours, all for the opportunity to
protest one of the most outrageous homeschooling bills ever introduced: California’s AB 2756.
Spilling out into crammed hallways and overflow rooms, families poured into the Statehouse just for the opportunity to spend a few minutes speaking out on a measure that would give the government more power over parents who educate at home.
- Initially, the bill tried to mandate fire inspections of all homeschooling families (which, not surprisingly, firefighters rejected).
- Then the proposal was amended—this time to force homeschooling families to give out private information about the names and address of homeschooling families.
...The line of opponents waiting to testify snaked around the building—many, one outlet pointed out, “with small children in tow.”
By afternoon’s end, only two people from the surrounding area spoke in support of the controversial bill.
Hours later, families got the news they’d been waiting for—
“no member of the committee was willing to make a motion for a vote.”...
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