By Mimi Rothschild 

On February 28, 2008 Justice Walter Croskey opined in a California ruling that is it illegal to homeschool in California, unless the parent has a teaching credential. The Justice’s opinion has stirred tremendous controversy among homeschool advocates. His ruling could be used to bring criminal charges against the 166,000 homeschooling families in California. 

I wonder if this ruling isn’t only three Judge’s opinions but also a way for the California Department of Education to funnel billions of dollars into its coffers.  Let’s do the math. California’s current cost to educate one child is $7905.00. If 166,000 more children were forced to return to the public system of education, which is the apparent intent and consequence of Judge Croskey’s ruling, that would mean that over 1 billion more dollars would flow into the California Department of Education.(166,000 X $7905.00 = 1, 312, 230, 000.00 dollars) 

That must be because the 60 Billion taxpayer dollars (NCES 2006 Data) that California now gets just isn’t enough money, right? 

As one blogger put it “Home schoolers are a direct threat to the government employees union cartel.”