Further Restricting Illinois Parental Choice
A clear invasion on the privacy rights of families and likely unconstitutional, Rep. Terra Costa Howard’s homeschooling bill imposes unreasonable demands on private education not required of the public schools. It would essentially criminalize parents who do not comply.
Hypocrisy at its worst, Costa Howard’s bill is based on a single, tragic story of homeschooling child abuse, while ignoring scores of sexual abuse and misconduct cases by public school staff. In 2023 alone, CPS had 443 ongoing cases of sexual abuse and misconduct.
Costa Howard’s bill is the latest attempt to restrict homeschooling, and part of a broader push by teacher unions to eliminate any alternatives for poor, middle-income families, who are forced to enroll their children in inadequate and often failing or unsafe neighborhood public schools.
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