Louisiana -- CPS Tries to Review Homeschool Records

CPS Tries to Review Homeschool Records

http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/la/200711120.asp

Recently, a Home School Legal Defense Association member family in Baton
Rouge was reported to Child Protective Services (CPS). One of the
allegations that the caseworker was investigating was that Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan (name changed to protect family’s privacy) were teaching their
children at home. When the caseworker insisted that she would need to
review all of their homeschool records, the Morgans contacted HSLDA for
help.

HSLDA Staff Attorney Tj Schmidt contacted the caseworker and pointed out
that Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were exercising their constitutional right to
direct the upbringing and education of their children. Schmidt informed
the caseworker that the Morgan family was in compliance with Louisiana
law and had filed their notice each year with the Department of
Education (DOE) as a private school.

When the caseworker demanded to see the homeschool records, she insisted
that she had to see the records for all of the Morgan children. While
the Morgans are homeschooling several of their children, only one child
is over age 7. All of the other children were not even required to be in
school.

Through HSLDA, the family declined to allow the caseworker to review any
of their homeschool records but reassured her that they were teaching
their children. Due to the allegations, the family provided a copy of
their notice to the DOE along with some very general information about
the curriculum used with their oldest child.

After receiving the letter and information from HSLDA, the caseworker
dropped all demands to see the homeschool records.

HSLDA Social Services Contact Policy

We desire to advise our members in every contact with a social worker
and/or police officer in investigations resulting from allegations of
abuse or neglect. If homeschooling is an issue, we will represent our
member families until the issue is resolved. On Fourth Amendment
unreasonable search and seizure issues, HSLDA will advise our members
whenever the privacy of their home is violated by forced or coerced
entry for the purpose of an unsubstantiated investigation. HSLDA
membership benefits do not extend to court actions resulting from
non-homeschooling matters. However, in circumstances where there is a
clear violation of the Fourth Amendment, HSLDA may, as we have done in
the past, choose to take the case in an effort to establish legal precedent.





CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.


CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...


BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...