The Right to Home School

by Klicka, Christopher J.

• ISBN13: 9780890896235
• ISBN10: 0890896232
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-27
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Author Biography

Christopher J. Klicka is Senior Counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HLSDA).

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	ix
Preface	xv
What Is Home Schooling?	1	(20)
The Conflict: Parental Rights v. State Regulation	21	(8)
The Nature and History of Parental Liberty in Education	29	(20)
The Free Exercise of Religion and the Right to Home School	49	(24)
Religious Freedom Case Decisions Against Home Education	73	(10)
Restrictions Are Often Found Unconstitutionally Void for Vagueness	83	(16)
The Right to Home School Protected Under Private School Laws	99	(12)
Home School Parents Have the Right to a Neutral Decision-Maker	111	(12)
The Unconstitutionality of Home Visits	123	(12)
The Myth of Teacher Qualifications	135	(14)
The Rights of Handicapped Home Schoolers	149	(10)
Legislative Trends to Protect Home Schoolers	159	(10)
Appendix I Home School Students Excel in College	169	(12)
Appendix II Why Do We Need State Parental Rights Acts?	181	(12)
Appendix III Religious Freedom Loses Ground-But States are Fighting Back	193	(6)
Appendix IV Cases Supporting the Least Restrictive Means Component of the Compelling Interest Test	199	(2)
Appendix V Cases Supporting the Essential Component of the Compelling Interest Test	201	(2)
Appendix VI Troxel v. Granville: A Victory for Parental Rights	203