What a silly thing for someone to propose to tack onto that program!

School attendance (public or private, including homeschool) is required of every child in Wisconsin, whether their parents are receiving aid or not. If the students are truant, and failing to attend, the authorities can go after them whether their parents are receiving aid or not. Connecting attendance to Wisconsin Works makes about as much sense as it would to say that someone couldn't have BadgerCare (medical aid) because they'd been ticketed for not wearing a seatbelt. These are totally unrelated laws.

Wow...wish I could get paid to stay home and homeschool MY kids.
But no....I chose to have a job and support them on my own.
I didn't know there was even a choice out there! LOL

all public schools are is a babysitting service for most. children can learn just as much home schooling if not more than in public school. for what some of these poor teachers have to put up with from some these kids, theyre better off not being in school. an who says its a bad move or choice, you? who are you to say whats a bad choice or move? you dont know whats going in these peoples lives, why there children cant attend school.once again people telling others whats best for their kids.

Heh. When i mention the benefits of homeschooling, the number one response is "What about socialization? What about Prom?"

My answer: Spend a day in a middle school cafegteria and see if the actions and language around you are what you want your kids to be "socialized" to.
Prom? it seems every year they hold a fake accident because kids drive and drink and lose their virginity on prom night. Why is this a tradition to treasure?

What about character, moral values, work ethic, and critical thinking skills? Public schools fail at these. Bound by Bush's No Child Paid Attention To act, now all they do is prepare for stupid tests to not lose funding.

Well they didn't deduct from working people who have kids that don't go so whats good for one is good for the other. You can take your kid to school and watch them go in and they choose to skip, I don't see that as the parents fault as they did their part!!!! So to blame or punish the parent IMO has not been fair. Punish the kids and give them community service as we as parents are NOT allowed to discipline to correct the certain problems with kids today. I learned the first time not to do it again when parents had that right to put a firm hand on the behind without getting charged for abuse."Spare the rod spoil the child" there is a big difference as to abuse and a plain old spanking. IMO todays kids a majority have no respect as they know if you discipline they can call the police It is sad as so many kids do as they please and get away with it and the parents get the blame. And it will continue and the proof is in the problems we see at all school levels. But then give them all ritylin or any other meds that sugar coat the behaviors and they will do okay. Ya right!!!!

I'm not sure why we're arguing about home schooling. Regulating that is something that is entirely beyond the scope of the W-2 program (and I doubt very many W-2 children are in fact home schooled). It's just a wildly inappropriate way to enforce the public interest, and basically reflects prejudice rather than reasoned policy. The study shows that it had very little effect but costs a lot to enforce.

Yes, obviously school had done a wonderful job with our previous president. Schools are only required to provide a number of hours of instruction per year. They are not required to submit lesson plans or to prove that they actually provided that many hours of instruction. These are the same requirements placed on home schoolers.

Schools only teach a very narrow skill set. They teach students how to get good grades, not to trust adults and that we should all be segregated by age. Home schoolers learn about real problems in real world settings instead of virtual problems in institutional settings. Clearly, from the state of our society school has done a fantastic job.

Wow. What a bad idea. Proartist is right.

proartist: I agree. I'm sure there are many people who take home schooling seriously and do a job, but I've seen way too many people sign up their children for home schooling and then do nothing. There is NO oversight or regulation! Anyone can fill out the forms to home school their child and then that's it! I've seen too many cases where the parent just wants the child at home for companionship or to take care of the house, or the child throws such a fit about going to school so the parent gives in and home schools them.

Not just a bad decision but regulations and monitoring of those who claim they're "home schooling" their children MUST also be considered. Without greater scrutiny and accountability, there is no way to know if home schooling is providing responsible and adequate learning for those students who will someday be OUR future.

BAD MOVE! Children should be in school...no matter what!