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Home For Good: How The Opt-In Element Added To Hb 547 Negatively Impacts Low-Income Homeschool Students In Texas, Nadine Cox May 2024

Home For Good: How The Opt-In Element Added To Hb 547 Negatively Impacts Low-Income Homeschool Students In Texas, Nadine Cox

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

This comment addresses the relationship between a parent’s constitutional right to educate their child as they see fit and a child’s interest in receiving a robust education. The idea of a parent’s right to raise their child is a fundamental and long established one. However, activist have also raised concern regarding children who are educated at home. The concern centers around the idea that children have little to no access to extra-curricular activities, socialization, or other educational opportunities. Access to extra-curricular activities leads to a well-balanced education that prepares the child for whatever career the child desires. A child does …