Actually it does. In Leeper v. Arlington the ruling said (and I am paraphrasing) "That home schools are private schools and as such are not regulated by the State of Texas." What the landmark decision did was establish the legitimacy of home schools as meeting the requirements of the compulsory attendance laws and their legitimacy of meeting academic requirements for continued studies on a collegiate level. In Texas one does not have to have a diploma (though a lot of us issue them) or a GED but simply pass the SAT or similar tests. Follow up cases made it illegal for colleges to require a higher passing standard for home schooled students. UC Berkley in their 2005-2006 enrollment year enrolled home schooled students at a ratio of 2:1.Kythas wrote:Home schooling a child does not make the home a school.
So on to the gun issue. As a homeschooler, you are teacher, principal and administrator and are not subject to the rules of the school district you reside in. IF, and this is a big IF, someone attempted to make an end run based on firearms in the home, as administrator you have the authority to grant that weapons be allowed on your "school". In our case firearms safety and competency are a requirement in our curriculum.
Two great resources are:
Texas Homeschool Coalition
AND
Homeschool Legal Defense Association