Michigan Democrats Propose Cracking Down on Independence of Homeschooling Families

Calvin Freiburger : Dec 11, 2023
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"...This homeschool registration proposal not only disregards parental rights but also misguidedly focuses on regulating a successful and legitimate educational choice..." -Israel Wayne, Michigan Christian Homeschool Network

(Lansing, MI) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Liberal Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and fellow Democrats are calling for more stringent state oversight of homeschooling in the Great Lakes State, ostensibly for the sake of catching fraud and abuse, but critics fear the real purpose is so state officials can meddle in parental rights. (Image: Unsplash-Jessica Lewis)

The Detroit Free Press reported that some lawmakers are calling for homeschool students to be registered with the state, lamenting the fact that Michigan is one of 11 states not to count or register them. Democrat state Rep. Matt Koleszar claimed that "abusive parents are taking advantage of that to avoid being found out," whereas in schools, "students are in the presence of mandated reporters and adults who might be able to recognize abuse."

Supporters cite the recent case of two Michigan couples who have been charged with adopting almost 30 children, whom they allegedly mentally and physically abused, for the purpose of pocketing almost $1 million that was meant to go to the children's care.

"One reason why this abuse was able to go undetected in the Flore home ... was due to the fact that all the children were homeschooled," Nessel claimed. "There has to be some sort of monitoring so that those children also benefit from those protections."

Others pushed back on the notion that homeschooling was to blame, or that registering all homeschool students was the correct solution.

"Instead of exploiting a false political narrative about home education to make headlines, Representative Koleszar's time would be better spent focusing on improving Michigan's struggling public school system, focusing his attention on the real problems that plague the state's Child Protective Services and the abuse of children in union-backed schools," responded Michigan Christian Homeschool Network vice president Israel Wayne... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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