Yale Law Journal: “Home Schooling” in California
Michael E. Hersher, “Home Schooling” in California, 118 Yale L.J. Pocket Part 27 (2008), http://thepocketpart.org/2008/07/18/hersher.html
Parental and student choice should be encouraged, as they are with independent study or charter schools, to allow freedom from the limitations of the regular classroom. Current California truancy and child welfare laws create a reasonable system of private school regulation which, if properly implemented at the local level, will assure that “home schooled” children receive an education that satisfies the requirements of the compulsory education laws.