Wisconsin
Curfews Cover Wisconsin
Wisconsin has a home school law that is the envy of home school families in many other states, but more and more towns are proposing curfews. Daytime curfews make it a crime to be a child in a public place, and take away the home schooled child’s right to travel. Home School Legal Defense Association has filed suit against the daytime curfew program in Monrovia, California, and has defended home schoolers charged with curfew violations in other states, but we have not yet gone to court over this issue in Wisconsin. Given the number of new curfews popping up, however, such litigation seems likely. HSLDA strongly urges our members to contact us if they find their towns, cities, or counties are considering daytime curfews. We are able to provide a legal memorandum explaining how curfews violate federally protected civil rights, as well as anti-curfew publicity posters—both tools have been very effective in changing public opinion on curfews in other states.
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Wisconsin
Admitted to statehood:
May 29, 1848
Origin of name:
An Indian name, spelled Ouisconsin and Mesconsing by the early chroniclers is believed to mean “grassy place” in Chippewa. Congress made it Wisconsin.
Motto:
Forward.
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