For decades public school unions, administrators and counselors have opposed the concept of home school. Arguments include the supposition that ill-trained parents can not provide an adequate education for children. Court cases initiated by school officials have attempted to hammer to death the parental option of home school.
Logic runs amuck as officials tout a multitude of possible harmful effects on youth who home school.
The most often impacted are children of single parent homes where the mother must work to put food on the table, clothes on backs and gas in run-down vehicles. Senate Bill 1 requires all Texas public schools to operate an effective dropout prevention and recovery program and to provide alternative education for disruptive youth. However, most Texas school districts are merely dabbling with the state mandate. In effect, to dump them on families who are least equipped to provide adequate education.