I'm not entirely sure how they'd enforce a homeschooling ban though, as unlike lockdowns where they can just "arrest/fine people on the street" much like gun control it'd take too much manpower and effort to go to every single non-compliance. Plus there's the whole thing about what defines schooling/teaching (if I show a kid how to tie a shoe for example, would that violate it too?), creating a lot of weird loopholes.
Truancy laws already exist, and that's how they'd go about it. By making public education the only option, thereby mandatory, then hitting you with truancy violations. At that point, they don't need to define anything. Just a straight computer check of "if X child is old enough, are they enrolled and have they missed more than Y amount of days." Everything else wouldn't count and leave you in violation.
And I can speak from experience that cops love to go cowboy and turn a simple 30 day civil violation arrest into a dramatic raid and dragged out spectacle. Which would unfortunately break a lot of people into compliance.
The law would be (as it is in many states already) that your child must be enrolled in schooling, and they would disqualify any home education as schooling.
Enrolled and attending is an entirely different issue though. Many trade schools for example, at least in canada, ignore any semblance of high school stuff for participation (so for example right now there are 2 people in this apprenticeship with me who dropped out of high school and were still able to apply for this). There's also the whole issue of school ranges, zones and disabilities. Let's say your kid is in a wheelchair and is 30mins away from the nearest school, and they refuse to send buses to the area for said schools as your kid is the furthest away. How could they enforce it then?
I'm not entirely sure how they'd enforce a homeschooling ban though, as unlike lockdowns where they can just "arrest/fine people on the street" much like gun control it'd take too much manpower and effort to go to every single non-compliance. Plus there's the whole thing about what defines schooling/teaching (if I show a kid how to tie a shoe for example, would that violate it too?), creating a lot of weird loopholes.
Truancy laws already exist, and that's how they'd go about it. By making public education the only option, thereby mandatory, then hitting you with truancy violations. At that point, they don't need to define anything. Just a straight computer check of "if X child is old enough, are they enrolled and have they missed more than Y amount of days." Everything else wouldn't count and leave you in violation.
And I can speak from experience that cops love to go cowboy and turn a simple 30 day civil violation arrest into a dramatic raid and dragged out spectacle. Which would unfortunately break a lot of people into compliance.
The law would be (as it is in many states already) that your child must be enrolled in schooling, and they would disqualify any home education as schooling.
Enrolled and attending is an entirely different issue though. Many trade schools for example, at least in canada, ignore any semblance of high school stuff for participation (so for example right now there are 2 people in this apprenticeship with me who dropped out of high school and were still able to apply for this). There's also the whole issue of school ranges, zones and disabilities. Let's say your kid is in a wheelchair and is 30mins away from the nearest school, and they refuse to send buses to the area for said schools as your kid is the furthest away. How could they enforce it then?
Good point. I know homeschooling is looked down upon and I’ve heard some leftists express the desire that all kids be forced into public schools