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Parents Being Thrown In Jail For Homeschooling Their Kids

Two families from Ohio who chose to legally give homeschooling to their children are facing jail time and thousands of dollars in fines, under an attempt by authorities to punish parents for not following the system.  At the same time, Republican governor, John Kasich, is seeking to outlaw homeschooling so that all parents who choose to keep their kids out of the traditional school system are sent to jail. Naturalnews.com reports: The charges are as ridiculous as the filings – “contributing to the delinquency of a minor,” despite the fact that state nannies acknowledged the children were indeed being schooled at home, in parental education programs that officials later acknowledged met the state’s requirements. The state school system says that the parents did not provide them with proper, timely notification that their kids would not be attending public school [a requirement that only a totalitarian could love]. But in contemptuous fashion, rather than notifying the parents of their delinquent paperwork filing, education officials let the children’s’ absences from public school mount up for nearly a month, so that they could bring criminal charges against them, according to Peter Kamakawiwoole of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). Guilty of … missing paperwork [...]