Susan Ryan at Corn and Oil cautions: “I want to point out again…that the Regional Offices of Education are systematically pushing for daytime curfews in Illinois communities to rein in homeschoolers. It’s all over the state, but quite a few southern Illinois communities in a couple of Regional Offices of Education areas with anti-homeschool...
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Illinois Anti-homeschool Agendas
Bureaucratic Breakdown
Susan Ryan writes at Corn and Oil: “I wonder if bureaucracies fail -and homeschoolers prevail- with the continuation of poor fiscal governmental affairs. “I like how that sounds. Not our sorry Illinois affairs, but that our bureaucracies are breaking down. Something does have to give, rather than constantly getting. Even as many of the...
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Daytime Curfew: Texas homeschoolers fight back
Texas homeschoolers have been persistent. ht to Texan Susan Frederick, on the HEM-Networking list. Here are some articles on the recent rallies against daytime curfews in Dallas and Bedford City that were held this past week and linked in THSC‘s latest PAC news. Opponents of daytime curfew in Bedford plan rally today Star Telegram...
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WSJ-More Cities Targeting Teens with Daytime Curfew
More Cities Target Teens With Daytime Curfews Wall Street Journal By LESLIE EATON April 26, 2009 DALLAS — This city is considering joining a rising number of others across the country that are imposing criminal penalties on kids who skip school to hang out at the mall or on local street corners. Such juvenile...
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TX- Bedford keeps daytime curfew
From the Star-Telegram: Under the curfew, people under 17, with a few exceptions, are not allowed to be in a public place in Bedford and Euless between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on school days. Violators and their parents can be fined up to $500. Bedford leaves daytime curfew in place Mar. 11, 2009...
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Why the diff between summer and the school year?
One part of the daytime curfew situation perplexes me: why is it needed when school is in session, but not during the summer? School zones, curfew also return Monday, 24 August 2008, Greenville Herald-Banner, Greenville, Texas The City of Greenville’s daytime curfew also goes back into effect Monday. Children under 17 should be off...
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Daytime curfew notes
Austin City Council evaluates juvenile curfew, 18 June 2008, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas The citywide daytime curfew, meant to keep students in school between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on weekdays when school is in session, would not change. In a memo to the mayor and council, the city staff said juvenile arrests as...
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Truants in Picayune, Mississippi
In the following article, it sounds as if the townspeople have not differentiated between truancy and a daytime curfew. The effectiveness of homeschooling is also touched on, although whether or not children learn well at home, as people generally assume they do at school, has nothing to do with the suspected juvenile crime concerning the citizens. Home schooled children...
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Lakemore, Ohio curfew in the works
Curfews, ATVs, noise: Parents, you are responsible, 12 May 2008, Suburbanite, Akron, Ohio Another issue that can become confusing to parents is the curfew for minors. Springfield and Lakemore curfews follow the Summit County guidelines. Anyone under the age of 18 is not allowed out from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. everyday. Lakemore is...
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Daytime Curfew-Homeschoolers Using Political Punch
Daytime curfew shines bright in Bedford elections Fort Worth Star-Telegram May 05, 2009 By DIANNA HUNT Continuing controversy over the curfew has spilled into the campaigns for mayor and two City Council seats. “It probably did bring some candidates out, initially, and for a couple of them, it’s probably still their main issue,” said...
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