NCHE Releases Written Position On Homeschool Divorce Case

The following press release was issued by North Carolinians for Home Education on Saturday. NCHE President Spencer Mason had already commented to Raleigh TV station WCNC (NBC 17), as reported on NCHSN earlier this week.

Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:38 pm (PDT)

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- March 21, 2009*

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*Recent Divorce Court Ruling Does Not Threaten Homeschooling Says NCHE*

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(RALEIGH) –

Recently a Wake County divorce court judge issued a ruling which will require a mother to place her three homeschooled children into the public school system at the beginning of the next school year. This is a civil divorce court decision that awarded joint custody of three children to parents that disagree on a number of issues concerning the rearing of their children. One of those disagreements is about how their children will be educated. The ruling does not interpret any law dealing with the well-established parental right to homeschool in North Carolina. Furthermore, it does not decide the superiority of any one educational methodology over another.

North Carolinians for Home Education (NCHE) is aware of divorce cases since the late 1980s where families were forced to stop homeschooling, and these rulings have had no ill effects on our homeschool statutes as a result of these decisions. Therefore, we believe this ruling represents no threat to our right to educate our children at home.

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*North Carolinians for Home Education * was founded in 1984 to protect the right to homeschool in North Carolina, to promote homeschooling as an excellent educational alternative, and to provide support and encouragement for families interested in home education. For twenty five years, North Carolina homeschoolers have joined member-supported NCHE for information, assistance, networking, and more. To find out more about homeschooling in North Carolina, contact our Raleigh office at (919) 790-1100, e-mail *NCHE@nche.com*, or visit our website, *http://nche.com/*

*Contact:* Spencer Mason, President -- *President@nche.com* or (919)790-1100