ACR 115: Supports Rights of Parents

Note:
This legislative information represents a joint effort by Roy Hanson’s Child and Family Protection Association and Home School Legal Defense Association.

Author:
Assembly Member Joel Anderson

Summary:
ACR 115 supports the right of parents to direct the education and upbringing of their children. It expresses the Legislature’s position that the Appellate Court’s interpretation of the laws, under which parents teach their children at home, was misguided. And, it would call on the California Supreme Court to reverse the Appellate Court’s opinion. ACR 115 will not change any existing laws and it will not create any new law.

We are very grateful for being able to work with Assembly Member Joel Anderson as the author of ACR 115. We are also very thankful for the following legislators who have signed on as coauthors of ACR 115 as of April 7, 2008: Assembly Members: Adams, Aghazarian, Beall, Benoit, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines, Garcia, Garrick, Horton, Houston, Huff, Jeffries, Keene, La Malfa, Lieu, Maze, Nakanishi, Niello, Parra, Plescia, S. Runner, Silva, Smyth, Spitzer, Strickland, Tran, Villines, and Walters; and Senators: Ashburn, Battin, Cogdill, Cox, Denham, Dutton, Harman, Hollingsworth, Maldonado, Margett, McClintock, and G. Runner.

Status:

3/18/2008

Introduced. May be assigned to a policy committee first, or be sent directly to the Assembly Floor for a vote by a date yet to be assigned.

HSLDA's Position:
Strongly Support

Action Requested:
We need to send a strong message!

1. If your assembly member or state senator has co-authored ACR 115 (see list above), write and thank them.

2. If they are not on the list above as author or co-author, write (do not call) your state assembly member and/or your state senator. (You can find your assembly member’s and senator’s capitol fax numbers, and address by entering your 9-digit ZIP code in HSLDA's Legislative Tool Box, or by calling the office in your county that handles voter registration.)

Ask them to:

“Please support Assembly Member Anderson’s ACR 115 by signing on as a co-author. This resolution, supportive of home education, calls for the courts to recognize the right of parents to educate their children at home privately, apart from any public school program.”

Notes:

• Letters and faxes are significantly more effective than emails.
• Reprint or forward this to your friends, church, school, and group.
• Pray for a proper outcome.

Other Resources

E-lert—March 11, 2008—California: Pro-Homeschool Anderson Resolution

E-lert—June 4, 2008—California: Resolution Supports Homeschooling and Parents Rights

Bill Text and History