Illegal immigration issues are different than this. If there is reasonible cause to check immigration status because a law is broken, that is different than stopping, searching and detaining our children that are homeschooled, or graduated early, or were kept home for some other reason, just because they look under the age of 18. Truancy officers can do their jobs, but police have better things to do than this, including cracking down on criminals who enter our country illegally.

I wonder who determines what and when “no education is happening?” I have seen plenty of public schooled children where it could be assumed “no education is happening,” ie: when they cannot read, figure simple math equations, converse coherently, etc. even at a high school level. Just curious where that assertion is coming from…

The false assumption that the education system feels it is their job to reach everybody is a misnomer. They should first focus on the students who have been entrusted to their care.. Let’s hope that the future of our Republic is not in the hands of the education system.

Thomas Jefferson said, “it is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the common feelings and ideas by the forcible asportation and education of the infant against the will of the father.”

Good question. I’m not sure but I would think they would be OK if they were with you. Maybe email Sterling above and ask him.