From Deseret News archives:
Keep home-school rules
While some parents may perceive any contact as intrusive, the greater societal concern is that all children receive a good education and become productive citizens. If state law requires some minimum reporting standards of people who elect to educate their children at home, it is with just cause. The Legislature should resist any change to the current requirements, as contemplated in a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Lehi.
Home education is a huge commitment. Some parents do a beautiful job of it. Some are even former schoolteachers or college professors who not only know their subject matter, they know how to teach. But others apply for exemptions so they can keep their children home so they can be put to work or because there is some type of dysfunction in the home that the parents do not want disclosed outside the home. The latter is of obvious concern to public schools and child welfare authorities.
No question, some home-education advocates view any intervention with government as negative. But there's a larger societal good at stake, making sure that all children achieve their greatest potential.
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