> The one thing we don't do where I live is accept
 > anything from the gov't for private schools.  It just prevents gov't
 > intervention later on. Perhaps as home schools become more and more the 
norm
 > parents won't be so timid where the gov't is concerned.
I'm a little confused by your statement. In our state (California), we 
recently had a bill put in front of the voters. It would have given parents a 
voucher "good at private or public schools". The best private schools decided 
right off the bat that they would not accept state vouchers in lieu of 
tuition. There was a reason: to accept government money NOW means to accept 
government intervation LATER. I went to a private college that had the same 
attitude - in over 140 years as a college, they have never accepted any sort 
of grants, loan or govt funding of any type. (Instead, they get it from 
corporations and alumna, as well as from tuition.) Under this proposed 
voucher system, parents who homeschool would not receive any money from the 
government. (Of course, CA doesn't really recognize homeschool. We're either 
supposed to be enrolled as private schools, enrolled in an umbrella program, 
or enrolled in a school district ISP.)
I feel much the same way about school-district ISP's (Independent Study 
Programs). I will not homeschool my children in this type of program since 
they (school district; AKA government) are still in control of my children. 
The school district also gets the $$$ for "educating" my children (I use that 
term loosely in this case), tho under the ISP I would be doing most of the 
work.
                                 -donna
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