Friday, April 19, 2013
Do you think the county should be paying expenses for students who are home schooled or go to private schools?
In an open session budget discussion Thursday, the Board of Carroll County Commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of using $400,000 to help pay for financial needs of homeschooled and private schooled children. Commissioner Richard Rothschild first suggested funding the "Education Opportunity Fund" at $900,000 but "in the spirit of trying to get unanimity of the board" later amended the amount to $400,000. The suggestion came as the commissioners were brainstorming ways to spend $10 million in one time money available in FY2014. Other suggestions for the one-time money, to be discussed further next week, include funding technology needs for schools and libraries, paying down debt service, tax relief, and a performance audit among other ideas. …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
A Prince George's County Democrat introduced two pieces of legislation in the General Assembly that would require more collaboration between homeschool families and public schools.
Although the Carroll County Board of Education has not taken an official position on two homeschool-related bills introduced in the General Assembly, public schools superintendent Steve Guthrie said he doesn't think the bills are likely to become law. And one local homeschool advocate dismissed both bills, calling one an attempt to "buy out" homeschool families. The homeschooling legislation introduced by Del. Tiffany Alston (D-Prince George's) would extend some additional benefits to families who educate their children at home in exchange for complying with additional oversight requirements. "My concern is that this legislation would blur the clear lines that exist now between homeschooled students and children enrolled in public school…
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has inspired a movement in some states to allow it.
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is part of the inspiration behind a bill being considered in Virginia that would allow home-schooled students to play public school sports. The legislation being considered is nicknamed the “Tebow bill”, according to the Washington Post. According to the article, Tebow played public school football despite being home-schooled in Florida. Maryland home-schooled students are not allowed to play public school sports, according to Maryland State Department of Education spokesman Bill Reinhard. In the 2009/10 school year, the latest that data is available, there were 23,287 home-schooled students in Maryland–or 2.7 percent-out of 852,211 total, Reinhard said. Sixteen states allow home-schooled students to …
JoAnn Nicholls
6:42 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Typically when a recession hits parents lose jobs causing there to be a parent at home which IMO, would escalate home schooling numbers, not decrease them. I would think the better the economy, the more parents are working. more ›