WEBVTT 00:07.400 --> 00:08.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> New efforts to regulate 00:07.966 --> 00:11.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% homeschooling in Illinois have 00:08.733 --> 00:12.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% touched off a heated debate. 00:11.000 --> 00:14.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Backers say Illinois is one of 00:12.766 --> 00:15.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% 12 states without any home 00:14.700 --> 00:17.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% schooling regulations. new 00:15.800 --> 00:18.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% bill aims to change that by 00:17.800 --> 00:19.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% requiring families to register 00:18.966 --> 00:20.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% with their local school 00:19.633 --> 00:22.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% district. If they plan to 00:20.333 --> 00:23.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% homeschool their children. 00:22.500 --> 00:24.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Supporters say it's aimed at 00:23.466 --> 00:26.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ensuring kids are getting the 00:24.600 --> 00:27.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% education they need and are 00:26.133 --> 00:28.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% better protected from 00:27.933 --> 00:29.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% potential neglect. Here's a 00:28.733 --> 00:32.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% bit from a hearing last week 00:29.466 --> 00:33.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% in Springfield. 00:32.533 --> 00:35.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> This bill is written in 00:33.466 --> 00:36.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% part by people who were 00:35.233 --> 00:37.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% homeschooled and get the need 00:36.533 --> 00:40.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% to balance champ children's 00:37.233 --> 00:42.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% rights. parents freedom to 00:40.600 --> 00:44.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% choose how they educate their 00:42.300 --> 00:44.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% kids. It provides a safe base 00:44.166 --> 00:48.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% line to protect kids from the 00:44.933 --> 00:49.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% small minority of parents who 00:48.566 --> 00:50.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% use homes going as a way to 00:49.266 --> 00:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% hide abuse or neglect their 00:50.600 --> 00:54.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% children. This bill will 00:53.600 --> 00:55.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% intimidate and discourage 00:54.733 --> 00:58.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% parents from choosing this 00:55.433 --> 00:59.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% much better option for their 00:58.233 --> 00:59.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% children. 00:59.100 --> 01:00.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> This bill in polls, 00:59.733 --> 01:01.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% additional burdens on already 01:00.733 --> 01:03.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% stretched local schools, 01:01.366 --> 01:04.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% police departments and courts. 01:03.533 --> 01:05.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% This bill would require school 01:04.866 --> 01:06.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% districts to manage increase 01:05.933 --> 01:09.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% administrative tasks related 01:06.633 --> 01:10.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% schooling. 01:09.500 --> 01:12.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> Joining us now with more 01:10.233 --> 01:14.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% are Shuffield say 01:12.433 --> 01:15.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% homeschooling parent and via 01:14.466 --> 01:15.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% zoom, Democratic State 01:15.066 --> 01:17.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Representative Tara Costa. 01:15.766 --> 01:18.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Howard, thank you both for 01:17.633 --> 01:21.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% joining us. Latasha Fields it 01:18.633 --> 01:22.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% like to begin with you. 01:21.133 --> 01:22.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% Please. Youth been 01:22.233 --> 01:24.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% homeschooling your children 01:22.933 --> 01:25.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% for 18 years after you took 01:24.133 --> 01:28.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% your eldest out of public 01:25.566 --> 01:28.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% school. What motivated you to 01:28.200 --> 01:29.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% start homeschooling? Yes, a 01:28.900 --> 01:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% pleasure to be here. Thank you 01:29.666 --> 01:32.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% so much for having me on. 01:31.200 --> 01:35.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> Well, for us, it was a call 01:32.533 --> 01:36.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% of God faith as Christians. it 01:35.266 --> 01:38.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% was about the type of shipping 01:36.466 --> 01:39.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% a biblical worldview. We have 01:38.533 --> 01:40.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% for them out of his She's a 01:39.233 --> 01:42.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% home-schooled. The college 01:40.766 --> 01:44.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% credit. We just graduated our 01:42.833 --> 01:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% second oldest in May of 2024 01:44.833 --> 01:50.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% and he's entering training to 01:45.666 --> 01:51.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% welding program with 2 more 01:50.900 --> 01:52.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Fifteen-year-old signing the 9 01:51.633 --> 01:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% year-old daughter. Yes. And 01:52.966 --> 01:55.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% and so we also have a 01:53.600 --> 01:58.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% microscope. So at 10 this I 01:55.166 --> 02:00.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% have a lot of babies Michael 01:58.900 --> 02:01.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% and yes, absolutely. Yes. 02:00.900 --> 02:02.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Representative Koster Howard, 02:01.700 --> 02:03.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% you know, we mentioned some of 02:02.466 --> 02:05.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% those concerns. Folks raised 02:03.233 --> 02:05.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% about overreach. That 02:05.066 --> 02:07.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% includes. 02:05.866 --> 02:09.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> You know, mandating certain 02:07.066 --> 02:10.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% elements of the curriculum. 02:09.033 --> 02:10.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% What exactly does this bill 02:10.033 --> 02:14.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% called for students to be 02:10.733 --> 02:15.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% taught? 02:14.800 --> 02:16.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> Actually, that is a ready. 02:15.566 --> 02:17.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% The current law here in 02:16.200 --> 02:22.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Illinois that they have to be 02:17.000 --> 02:24.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% tied language Arts sorry, 02:22.733 --> 02:28.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Science, Math, social studies, 02:24.200 --> 02:28.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% health, physical education. 02:28.233 --> 02:33.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% already current laws. that's 02:28.933 --> 02:33.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% nothing new. 02:33.000 --> 02:35.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> You know, the session 02:33.633 --> 02:35.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% fields Do you think any of 02:35.000 --> 02:38.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% these sorts of registration 02:35.700 --> 02:40.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% requirements, for example? 02:38.033 --> 02:41.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Well, that significantly 02:40.100 --> 02:41.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% affect you and and other 02:41.033 --> 02:45.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% parents who home school. Yes, 02:41.766 --> 02:45.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% absolutely. And so the our 02:45.200 --> 02:48.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% proponents of this bill claim 02:45.966 --> 02:49.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that is just formality is just 02:48.000 --> 02:51.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% a farm. What we're looking at 02:49.933 --> 02:53.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% the bill is not just a this 02:51.933 --> 02:57.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% this bill, the 60 page Bill 02:53.566 --> 02:57.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% will entail truancy penalty, 02:57.133 --> 02:58.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% criminality, parents that 02:57.800 --> 03:03.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% don't comply would have 30 02:58.966 --> 03:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% days in jail. They would have 03:03.933 --> 03:06.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% $500 fines and also with the 03:06.000 --> 03:10.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% whole idea of the Corcoran, 03:06.933 --> 03:11.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Kentucky Education review, the 03:10.500 --> 03:13.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% current way that they will 03:11.200 --> 03:14.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% allow is we don't have to 03:13.333 --> 03:14.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% produce an educational per and 03:14.066 --> 03:16.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% it does cite then we would 03:14.800 --> 03:20.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% have to satisfy the public 03:16.533 --> 03:21.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% education. And so because of 03:20.333 --> 03:23.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% will purchase at a 2021, 03:21.000 --> 03:27.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% company at the LGBTQ+ ideology 03:23.500 --> 03:29.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% and the LGBT history that in 03:27.100 --> 03:30.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% itself is religious 03:29.200 --> 03:30.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% persecution forest and 03:30.133 --> 03:33.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% violates our First Amendment. 03:30.866 --> 03:34.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% So we don't desire. We all 03:33.266 --> 03:35.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% need to produce RC car. Have 03:34.533 --> 03:37.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% government look at educational 03:35.300 --> 03:40.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% per fully out. Another process 03:37.800 --> 03:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% in bill. This very disturbing 03:40.733 --> 03:44.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% is that the bill states that 03:43.800 --> 03:45.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Illinois has a fundamental 03:44.633 --> 03:48.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% goal for every student in the 03:45.366 --> 03:49.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% state of Illinois that their 03:48.666 --> 03:50.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% educational development is 03:49.533 --> 03:52.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% foot is to serve the public 03:50.266 --> 03:53.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% purpose of the state. And so 03:52.566 --> 03:56.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% we as homeschool parents, we 03:53.933 --> 03:57.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% do not educate our children to 03:56.566 --> 03:58.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% some of the purple public 03:57.266 --> 04:00.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% purpose of the state. So that 03:58.466 --> 04:01.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% in itself tells us that our 04:00.700 --> 04:02.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% children, according to this 04:01.400 --> 04:06.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% bill, will be state property 04:02.133 --> 04:07.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% in that parallel slavery with 04:06.633 --> 04:08.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% families have no of timing 04:07.366 --> 04:09.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% where my ancestors had no 04:08.633 --> 04:10.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% autonomy. And so we don't want 04:09.400 --> 04:12.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% our children to become 04:10.033 --> 04:13.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% property of the state. So 04:12.633 --> 04:14.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% there's a lot disingenuous in 04:13.866 --> 04:15.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% this bill. There's a lot of 04:14.766 --> 04:18.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% egregious check colony and 04:15.433 --> 04:21.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% things in this bill that we do 04:18.866 --> 04:22.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% not stand in terms of 04:21.666 --> 04:23.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% registration as Illinois 04:22.333 --> 04:24.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% stands, there is volunteer 04:23.633 --> 04:27.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% registry. So we don't have to 04:24.766 --> 04:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% be forced to register our home 04:27.566 --> 04:29.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% school programs. 04:28.633 --> 04:29.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> Representative Cross the 04:29.300 --> 04:30.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Howard. You know how about 04:29.966 --> 04:32.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% that? You know, tackling at 04:30.666 --> 04:33.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% least first that the idea of 04:32.433 --> 04:34.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% sort of mandating these 04:33.233 --> 04:34.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% elements of the curriculum is 04:34.233 --> 04:37.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% that the intention of this 04:34.933 --> 04:39.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% bill? 04:37.733 --> 04:41.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> The intention of the bill 04:39.233 --> 04:42.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% is for the subjects to be 04:41.733 --> 04:43.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% taught. There's nothing in 04:42.466 --> 04:44.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% this bill that requires 04:43.433 --> 04:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% mandated curriculum that is 04:44.166 --> 04:49.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% taught in public school. So 04:45.666 --> 04:50.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% that is misinformation. That 04:49.200 --> 04:50.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% is incorrect. That is part of 04:50.133 --> 04:53.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% why some of these pieces were 04:50.900 --> 04:56.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% written in a way to actually 04:53.866 --> 04:57.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% give homeschool families the 04:56.033 --> 04:58.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% opportunity to be as creative 04:57.000 --> 05:00.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% as many of them are in how 04:58.000 --> 05:01.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% they teach in the end, as long 05:00.700 --> 05:02.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% as they're teaching the 05:01.400 --> 05:05.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% subjects that all children in 05:02.166 --> 05:06.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% the state of Illinois are 05:05.400 --> 05:09.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% required to be taught is 05:06.100 --> 05:11.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% agenda high level. There's 05:09.466 --> 05:13.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% nothing that requires the 05:11.133 --> 05:15.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% curriculum that is in public 05:13.066 --> 05:20.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% schools as far the criminality 05:15.966 --> 05:21.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% that simply not true. 05:20.433 --> 05:21.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Currently truancy lodge have 05:21.133 --> 05:24.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% that are already built into 05:21.833 --> 05:25.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the state law. So if there's a 05:24.633 --> 05:26.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% concern about the way the 05:25.633 --> 05:27.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% truancy laws are written, 05:26.300 --> 05:31.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% that's a different subject. 05:27.766 --> 05:32.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% What the declaration form does 05:31.700 --> 05:35.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% is make sure that we know that 05:32.533 --> 05:37.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% kids are alive where they are. 05:35.366 --> 05:38.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% We want to make sure that 05:37.300 --> 05:41.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% they're OK and that's what the 05:38.633 --> 05:42.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% declaration form does. You 05:41.566 --> 05:43.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% know, Latasha Fields, how 05:42.966 --> 05:44.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% about that? You supporters say 05:43.700 --> 05:45.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% this can help prevent 05:44.300 --> 05:46.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% potential abuse and neglect 05:45.966 --> 05:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% because 05:46.766 --> 05:49.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> students who are being 05:48.866 --> 05:50.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% homeschooled, although there 05:49.866 --> 05:51.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% isn't any evidence to back up 05:50.633 --> 05:53.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that it's happening at higher 05:51.666 --> 05:54.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% rates. It's still certainly 05:53.866 --> 05:55.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% can happen in there. They 05:54.566 --> 05:55.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% don't have the eyes of of 05:55.266 --> 05:59.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% teachers or other school 05:55.933 --> 06:00.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% officials on them the way 05:59.066 --> 06:00.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% students in a public school 06:00.200 --> 06:02.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% might. You know what's your 06:00.933 --> 06:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% take on that? Well, I believe 06:02.400 --> 06:06.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that as many of us over 48,000 06:06.000 --> 06:08.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% of us in a state of Illinois 06:06.766 --> 06:09.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% submitted witness leave, said 06:08.700 --> 06:11.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% we disagree. 06:09.633 --> 06:12.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> With this position that you 06:11.200 --> 06:13.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% know, that there's any idea 06:12.766 --> 06:14.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% that homeschool students are 06:13.666 --> 06:15.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% being abused. The public 06:14.300 --> 06:18.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% school system has failed. So 06:15.800 --> 06:20.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% this this bill is very 06:18.866 --> 06:23.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% disingenuous. We have right 06:20.066 --> 06:24.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% now over 1000 allegations in 06:23.233 --> 06:25.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Chicago, public schools and as 06:24.033 --> 06:28.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% of 2024 this pektor general 06:25.933 --> 06:29.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% say there's over 400 cases. So 06:28.766 --> 06:30.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% my question to represent a 06:29.933 --> 06:32.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% casa, how or what are you 06:30.833 --> 06:35.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% doing about the allegation in 06:32.766 --> 06:35.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% the abuses in Chicago public 06:35.066 --> 06:37.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% school system? Because it is 06:35.800 --> 06:38.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% all about a farm where these 06:37.633 --> 06:40.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% babies are not being protected 06:38.966 --> 06:41.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% in the system that they govern 06:40.866 --> 06:43.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% in the system, that they have 06:41.900 --> 06:45.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% jurisdiction over. So that is 06:43.933 --> 06:47.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that it's appalling. And so we 06:45.000 --> 06:48.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% as home schoolers, we do not 06:47.066 --> 06:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% need a system that's already 06:48.100 --> 06:50.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% broken that out with it. That 06:48.866 --> 06:51.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% has already proven. 06:50.833 --> 06:52.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> That has failed to govern 06:51.633 --> 06:56.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% And we talk about proficiency. 06:52.400 --> 06:56.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% We talk about educational 06:56.166 --> 06:59.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% proficiency in the state of 06:56.900 --> 07:01.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Illinois. There's 1.9 million 06:59.133 --> 07:03.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% students and only 39% of those 07:01.100 --> 07:06.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% babies can read grade level in 07:03.866 --> 07:07.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% only 29% or 28% are proficient 07:06.166 --> 07:09.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% in math. And then you go to 07:07.933 --> 07:10.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Chicago public school system 07:09.066 --> 07:11.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% for the black babies. They're 07:10.966 --> 07:13.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% doing even worse is 07:11.933 --> 07:15.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% unconscionable. Only 20% of 07:13.900 --> 07:18.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% black children, a Chicago 07:15.366 --> 07:19.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% public school system can read 07:18.166 --> 07:21.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% on 11 9% are proficient in 07:19.000 --> 07:23.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% math. So we talk about warning 07:21.833 --> 07:23.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% kids have a quality education 07:23.133 --> 07:26.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% homeschoolers far exceed that. 07:23.866 --> 07:27.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% They far exceed that 07:26.766 --> 07:28.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% expectation. Black students 07:27.933 --> 07:33.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that are home schooled have 15 07:28.800 --> 07:33.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% to 42% points higher than 07:33.000 --> 07:35.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% public school peers. So I'm 07:33.933 --> 07:36.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% all I'm in agreement with 07:35.700 --> 07:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Representative Koster how we 07:36.433 --> 07:39.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% want quality education. That's 07:37.200 --> 07:41.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% why we're home schooling. 07:39.300 --> 07:42.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% That's why we have exit from 07:41.533 --> 07:43.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% government education system. 07:42.666 --> 07:46.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% And so for us, this seems like 07:43.666 --> 07:47.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% a pursue like we're being 07:46.333 --> 07:48.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% punished for the failure of 07:47.566 --> 07:49.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% government education. 07:48.433 --> 07:50.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Representative, how about 07:49.066 --> 07:52.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% that? I mean, with this at 07:50.366 --> 07:53.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% all, you know, go after, you 07:52.500 --> 07:56.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% know, quote, unquote, 07:53.100 --> 07:56.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% homeschooling parents. 07:56.100 --> 07:57.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Not only that, we don't 07:56.866 --> 08:00.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% believe that it does in any 07:57.600 --> 08:02.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% way, shape or form. In fact, 08:00.900 --> 08:03.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% some of the issues that were 08:02.000 --> 08:05.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% arrayed, I think she's 08:03.366 --> 08:06.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% correct. We want to make sure 08:05.433 --> 08:07.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% that all kids have a high 08:06.933 --> 08:09.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% quality education. And if you 08:07.666 --> 08:11.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% actually take a look at the 08:09.500 --> 08:13.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% statistics, on the state Board 08:11.500 --> 08:15.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% of Education website. Our 8th 08:13.633 --> 08:16.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% graders are doing great. We're 08:15.766 --> 08:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% seeing those numbers come 08:16.933 --> 08:20.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% around for our public for our 08:17.866 --> 08:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% students here L in Illinois. 08:20.633 --> 08:22.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% That's a good thing. But I 08:21.800 --> 08:23.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% would like to address the 08:22.766 --> 08:26.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% comment that she made 08:23.733 --> 08:28.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% regarding abuse in Chicago 08:26.700 --> 08:29.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% public School. We have laws on 08:28.100 --> 08:30.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% the book that require anyone 08:29.733 --> 08:32.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% comes in contact with our 08:30.400 --> 08:33.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% children in our school setting 08:32.366 --> 08:35.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% to be have a criminal 08:33.000 --> 08:36.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% background check. If you are 08:35.966 --> 08:39.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% being homeschooled, there's 08:36.633 --> 08:42.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% nothing. You are not subject 08:39.333 --> 08:43.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% to any laws. I want to be 08:42.633 --> 08:44.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% clear. 08:43.900 --> 08:46.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> 38 states. 08:44.333 --> 08:51.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> Had this. Requirement on 08:46.900 --> 08:52.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% the books. She declared that 08:51.066 --> 08:54.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% you are homeschooling your 08:52.066 --> 08:57.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% children. 38 states. 08:54.233 --> 09:00.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> We here in Illinois are an 08:57.100 --> 09:02.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% outlier. We know that this is 09:00.100 --> 09:03.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% happening in Florida, 09:02.200 --> 09:05.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Virginia, Louisiana, they are 09:03.166 --> 09:08.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% not making the same 09:05.100 --> 09:09.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% complaints. We outlier heelan 09:08.233 --> 09:10.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% here in Illinois where we have 09:09.666 --> 09:12.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% 0 regulations and so we are 09:10.366 --> 09:14.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% not here to punish anyone. In 09:12.933 --> 09:16.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% fact, we want to applaud those 09:14.933 --> 09:16.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% families that are being 09:16.033 --> 09:19.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% transparent and are doing it 09:16.733 --> 09:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that so well. But frankly, the 09:19.400 --> 09:23.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% statistics that are being re 09:21.800 --> 09:26.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% cited, there's no statistic 09:23.000 --> 09:27.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% out there that actually says 09:26.666 --> 09:28.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that home school students are 09:27.466 --> 09:30.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% better. That's actually 09:28.800 --> 09:31.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% accurate. We don't know how 09:30.966 --> 09:32.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% many homeschool students there 09:31.733 --> 09:36.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% actually are here in the state 09:32.500 --> 09:36.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% of Illinois because they don't 09:36.200 --> 09:38.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% register. They don't have to 09:36.966 --> 09:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% declare anything. And so we 09:38.366 --> 09:41.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% don't really know how many 09:39.566 --> 09:42.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% children there are. So we have 09:41.833 --> 09:44.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% no data that actually backs 09:42.566 --> 09:47.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% up. What is being said. What 09:44.800 --> 09:49.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% we do is that we have children 09:47.833 --> 09:51.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% who have passed away with died 09:49.066 --> 09:54.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% at the hands abusive parents. 09:51.133 --> 09:55.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% That is what we want act. 09:54.000 --> 09:56.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> And representative, I know 09:55.133 --> 09:57.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% we've got a much more that we 09:56.266 --> 09:58.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% could possibly say about this,