I rarely have to write anything about this. We have been blessed to have a law, that was fought for at high cost just before we began home educating in the mid-1980’s, that is one we can live with. Our state “acknowledges” our exemption from the standard NE education laws, with some stipulations, but ones we’ve been able to live with.
As of this week new legislation has been introduced that would, if passed, change all of that. It would take the jurisdiction of our children out of our hands and put it in the hands of the state, IOW, this bill would require us to be “approved” by the state to teach our own children. If we didn’t live up to their standards, they would “force” our children to attend government educational institutions.
I’m not going to write up all the details here, but give some links – for those of you in Nebraska that need to know what’s going on to take appropriate action, and for the rest of yo,u that will, to know how to earnestly pray for us.
NCHEA, our state Christian home education organization, tells the basics. HSLDA only gives the briefest of summary. The Nebraksa Legislature site gives the progress of the bill, and you can read details there.
Dana blogs about this bill and some of the requirements it would impose upon us.
Father God, have mercy upon us.
