{"id":146,"date":"2011-02-06T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.wordpress.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2011-02-06T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T15:24:34","slug":"are-illinois-homeschoolers-among-the-first-to-fall-victim-to-rt3-mandates-is-missouri-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Are Illinois Homeschoolers Among The First To Fall Victim To RT3 Mandates; Is Missouri Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 3, HSLDA issued an alert for Illinois homeschoolers to contact their elected state \u00a0leaders and strongly urge them to withdraw a bill, SB 136,<\/a> and to stop advancing it through the Illinois legislature. That bill would require all Illinois homeschoolers to register with the state. In an E-lert issued by HSLDA:<\/p>\n

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SB 136 threatens to expand government power into the realm of\u00a0private education on an unprecedented scale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Sound familiar? Missourians are currently watching \u00a0SB 20<\/a> and\u00a0SB 21<\/a> advance through their legislature. These initiatives expand compulsory school age, mandate kindergarten and take local control away from school districts to enact their own policy relating to these issues. Most notably, the language in this bill does not provide exclusions for home or private schoolers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is another attempt, in a climate of Race To The Top initiatives percolating under the surface educational legislation across the country, to encroach on the freedom to homeschool and pull all education under the big, federal government umbrella. Arne Duncan, now President Obama’s Education Secretary, issued a report<\/a>, at the time when he was Illinois CEO of Illinois Public Schools, that, among other things, said:<\/p>\n

Parents\/Legal Guardians who choose to educate their children at home should notify their local school of their intention to homeschool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

St.LouisHomeschoolers<\/a>, Laura Kostial, had this to day about the Illinois initiative:<\/p>\n

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Illinois homeschoolers – if this bill progresses and you find yourself assembling upon the steps of your capitol – please let me know. I, and I am sure many of\u00a0homeschooling friends in Missouri, would be happy to make the drive to Springfield and stand alongside you\u00a0in your opposition of this legislation.\u00a0 While you may be pushing back on remnants of Duncan’s old policy recommendations before he left Illinois,\u00a0 you are now also pushing\u00a0 back on his policy initiatives for all homeschoolers across the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Homeschoolers need to vigilantly watch developments across the country concerning legislation related to education. Quietly, bills are being submitted, and passed, that further advance Race To The Top (and in Missouri, Educated Citizenry 2020) initiatives. They have been actually doing so for many years. We will keep you posted on developments as they become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On February 3, HSLDA issued an alert for Illinois homeschoolers to contact their elected state \u00a0leaders and strongly urge them to withdraw a bill, SB 136, and to stop advancing it through the Illinois legislature. That bill would require all Illinois homeschoolers to register with the state. In an E-lert issued by HSLDA: SB 136 … Continue reading Are Illinois Homeschoolers Among The First To Fall Victim To RT3 Mandates; Is Missouri Next?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Fsx-2m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/homeschoolingunited.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}