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 This year, home school statutes or regulations were adopted in Missouri. February 20 — North Dakota: In the Larsen case, the State Supreme Court ruled against the Patzer, Larsen, Reimche, and Lund families, who had been charged with violating the state’s compulsory attendance law.* March 10 — California: In People v. Darrah and Black, et al, the municipal court ruled that because §48222 fails to provide fair notice or establish guidelines as to what constitutes a “person capable of teaching” and what constitutes a “private full-time day school,” it is unconstitutionally vague and unenforceable. June 17 — Michigan: The court ruled in Haines, Smolls, Gibson v. Runkle that home schoolers do not need to seek approval and that the state must exhaust their administrative remedies before bringing criminal charges against families for home schooling. David Kallman represented the HSLDA families involved. October 22 — Iowa: The Iowa Supreme Court agreed to hear HSLDA’s appeal in Iowa v. Trucke. The Trucke family was charged with violating the state’s compulsory attendance law because they were not using a certified teacher for at least 120 days of the school year. October 31 — New York: HSLDA filed Blackwelder v. Safnauer, a civil rights complaint, in federal court against several school districts who were attempting to enforce unconstitutional requirements. October 31 — Pennsylvania: HSLDA filed a federal civil rights action, Jeffery, et al v. O’Donnell, et al, on behalf of nine home schooling families against 11 oppressive school districts. December 4 — Ohio: Judge Joseph J. Nahra of the Court of Appeals of Ohio Eighth District ruled in favor of home schoolers Don and Karen Svoboda, saying that the Svobodas had been denied their due process rights. The case was remanded for further proceedings, and the family’s right to home school was finally recognized by the lower magistrate.
Now read about the year 1987.
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