Bills assert parents' right to home school in New Hampshire

Norma Love:

A long-simmering dispute between the state and parents who prefer to teach their children at home is being renewed.

The House Education Committee has scheduled for Tuesday hearings on three bills on home schooling in its largest room, the House chamber. Legislation regulating home schooling has drawn large crowds over the years.

Last month, a divorced couple who couldn't agree on how to educate their daughter took the fight to the state Supreme Court. The court is being asked if parents have a constitutional right to home school their kids. In this case, the father objected to his wife's strict Christian teachings and wants their daughter taught at public schools. The mother prefers home schooling.

Home schooling advocates say they want less regulation over what they argue is a parent's right.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 8, 2011 1:01 AM
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