Alaska Restores Right of Parent to Control Content, Quality of Child's Education
A new law in Alaska restores the right of parents to determine the content and quality of the education their children will receive, including the right to prevent their children from taking so-called standardized tests.
The bill, HB 156, became the law in the Last Frontier without the governor’s signature. It was, however, passed by the both houses of the state legislature: 14-4 in the senate and narrowly in the state house of representatives by a final vote of 21-18.
Specifically, the new statute recognizes the authority of the parents, allowing them “to object to and withdraw the child from a standards-based assessment or test required by the state” and “to object to and withdraw the child from an activity, class, or program.”...
Dr. Joel Beeke | 1/4/2009
