Another Give Us This Day Scandal

My child was receiving home-based instruction in 2013-2014. I had been in contact with TJ Schmidt. I was a HSLDA member.

While vacationing in Oregon State, my 11 year old daughter had been taken to a local hospital. Upon her discharge, social workers performed a “psych eval” and diagnosed her with “NEGLECT”. Not enrolled in public school. She then was transported to GIVE US THIS DAY foster home.  Multnomah County DHS seized and confined her in that place.

HSLDA told me i must move from Washington to Oregon to rescue my child, (That was stated by Mr. Schmidt!)  After 99 days the DA/DHS decided on four conditions of her release.

1. Put her into public school and
2. Get therapy for sexualized behaviors were two.

I did not get my same daughter back.  Oregon DHS and Give Us This Day currently face multimillion dollar lawsuits and
countless charges for unspeakable acts.

Gov. Brown relieves DHS top administrator, orders independent review on foster care program

Additional Information:

Foster care scandal: Oregon releases years of shocking abuse complaints  —  Senior officials at the Department of Human Services compiled a 40-plus page “chronology” of reports after learning Give Us This Day was enduring serious tax and cash flow problems  in 2014. Fifty of those complaints, officials note, landed between 2012 and 2014.

HSLDA is Wrong about Romeike v. Holder

I’m glad to see that we are not the only site that doesn’t agree with HSLDA. Read the entire article at:

Why HSLDA is Wrong about Romeike v. Holder

German parents Uwe and Hannelore Romeike decided to homeschool their children  because of concerns that the German public school system taught bad values and approved of witchcraft. Faced with fines, imprisonment, and the loss of custody of their children in the only European country where homeschooling is banned outright, the family fled to the United States in 2008.

On January 26, 2010, an immigration judge  granted the Romeikes asylum. The immigration judge held that the Romeike’s were “members of a particular social group” and concluded that they would face persecution for their religious beliefs should they be returned to Germany.

Since when are we subject to international law?  This is real problem.

For all the time and energy it spends lambasting international bodies and rights treaties, it is surprising that HSLDA is relying on international law for its arguments.  When HSLDA goes bonkers over the Department of Justice’s assertion that homeschooling is not a fundamental human right, they are really complaining that the Department of Justice doesn’t think homeschooling is protected by  international  law. The Department of Justice’s assertion has nothing whatsoever to do with an analysis of rights protected under  American  law.

But really, HSLDA and their followers have no one to blame but themselves for the supposed lack of development in international law-they have been fighting any American involvement in the development of international law for decades.

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HSLDA Runs Roughshod in NH

New Hampshire homeschooling parents formed an online group, called NH Homeschool Defense League, in December of 2008 in response to two very restrictive homeschooling proposals in the legislature, which required, among other things, evaluations by certified teachers. These proposals were eventually defeated.

This group worked together for nine months and recently submitted legislation to recognize that a parent’s duty to instruct his child supercedes the state’s duty. [See copy below.]

We have been open and shared our proposal with other homeschoolers and HSLDA. Mike Donnelly at HSLDA said he supported our efforts and our goals. However, at the last minute, without notifying our group, Mike Donnelly initiated opposing legislation, contacting only a few leaders of HSLDA’s member group in our state, CHENH, to gain support, without ever showing them a copy of our proposal. Rank-and-file NH members of HSLDA and CHENH were never consulted or informed that HSLDA had submitted legislation on their behalf.

HSLDA thinks our group “went too far” in recognizing a parent’s right to be the primary instructor of his own child. HSLDA would prefer state jurisdiction and oversight of parents. In order to maintain control over the NH legislative process, HSLDA initiated its own legislation.

It’s a conflict of interest for an out-of-state organization to introduce legislation which will directly protect its own livelihood. This is the first time in 20-years that HSLDA has initiated legislation in NH. The last time they did so was when they wrote the existing NH home education law back in 1990, which they have consistently termed “model legislation.” Apparently, that’s no longer the case. Their new legislation, though superficially an improvement, retains the state’s jurisdiction over home education and does not prevent state rule-making.

If anyone would like to help, please contact Rep. Bates and politely ask him to withdraw HSLDA’s bill. Let New Hampshire homeschoolers determine their own destiny.

Representative David Bates (R)
Email: rep.bates@live.com

Thanks,
Doris Hohensee,

New Hampshire
NH Homeschool Defense League

The deadline to file the titles of House bills in NH was September 25, 2009. Bill numbers have not been allocated. The deadline for the submission of the text of a proposal is Nov. 1, 2009.

HSLDA’s proposal strips the current home education law of some regulations, leaving in place a notification procedure and the state’s right to oversee parents as if they were operating “public” home education programs.

CHENH leaders were told by Mike Donnelly that the NH Homeschool Defense League went “too far” on behalf of parents to place parent’s duty to instruct his child over the state’s duty in our proposal. HSLDA needed to initiate its own bill to maintain control over the NH legislative process.

Join NH Homeschool Defense League group to stay informed about legislative issues in New Hampshire.