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 This year, home school statutes or regulations were adopted in Colorado, New York, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. February 12 — Kansas: A case was dismissed against the Wilms family, HSLDA members who were operating as a “satellite” of a local private school board. April 27 — New York: In an educational neglect case against the Blackwelder family, one of the families involved in HSLDA’s federal civil rights action, the judge ruled in favor of the family and dismissed the case, saying that there were no grounds for an educational neglect verdict. May 2 — Michigan: The circuit court’s ruling in Sheridan Road Baptist Church v. State, provided the legal alternative for non-public schools (and home schools) to use the third party reporting procedure and thereby avoid the teacher certification requirement.* May 10 — Colorado: A new home school bill, S.B. 56, was signed into law by the governor. The new law repealed the former arbitrary approval process. May 31 — North Dakota: In State v. Lund/Reimche, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled in favor of the families and reversed their truancy convictions, since the prosecutor could not prove the age of the children. June 17 — New York: The Board of Regents passed new home school regulations which set forth a clearly defined process for notification. June 17 — New York: In the federal case Blackwelder v. Safnauer, District Court Judge Munson ruled that the old law was constitutional. However, because the new regulations were passed on the same day, the negative ruling had no adverse affect on the families. June 28 — North Dakota: State v. Anderson July 19 — North Dakota: State v. Dagley In both cases the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled against the families, and the teacher certific-ation requirement remained intact. July — Hawaii: New home school regulations, which eliminated all teacher qualification and approval requirements, were adopted by the Hawaii Department of Education. August 24 — Pennsylvania: U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik ruled in Jeffery, et al v. O’Donnell, et al that “the tutorial provision of Pennsylvania Compulsory Attendance Law . . . is unconstitutionally vague” and therefore, unenforceable. As a result of this victory, over 20 cases in court against HSLDA families were won or dismissed. October 26 — Oregon: The first National Christian Home Education Leadership Conference was held, as a part of The Teaching Home’s National Home School Convention. December 1 — Colorado: The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s ruling in People In Interest of D.B. that children enrolled in an independent or parochial school can be allowed by the school to be taught at home. HSLDA wrote an amicus brief in this case supporting attorney Bill Moritz.*
Now read about the year 1989.
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