Bill would add private education rights to constitution
Herndon
A proposed constitutional provision enshrining home-school and private school rights is heading to the Senate floor after a hearing that saw GOP leadership divided over the legislative process.
Senate Joint Resolution 105, from Sen. Scott Herndon, R-Sagle, would add to the Idaho Constitution a provision guaranteeing rights to home and private schooling “free from government regulation.”
Idaho currently doesn’t regulate home-school and has some basic regulations for private school like minimum attendance days, record-keeping and immunization reporting. The constitutional amendment would “build a higher wall” of autonomy, said Barry Peters, an attorney for advocacy group Homeschool Idaho.
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