as we mentioned, the republicans in control of congress and the running the department of education are keen on rolling back regulations. this bill would not only roll back some of the regulations, but it would prevent the department from enacting similar legislations in the future without legislation. that is significant. want to get into if it was a cut or increase. it would increase the loan limits available to students, though it will bow colleges to place limits on loans for individual programs if they feel those students might not make enough money in the future. it would give more discretion to colleges to limit loans. it would also put colleges on the hook for students that dropout. if you dropout midway through the semester, if your college has received a federal pell grant or loan money that money would have to be repaid to the government. so colleges are not benefiting from students who drop out. host: independence, oregon. you are a parent. good morning. caller: i'm thinking my kids are going to come out of college because it is not worth it because of all of the places coll

one degree away from her mercenary brother leading arms training for america's teachers the department of education issued a memo bashing licensing requirements saying they interfere with the federal government's power to select contractors and we see how important that lack of interference was earlier this year when in its search for new contractors the department of education chose a firm with ties to betsy the loss to collect our student loan debt jesus is there anything this woman hasn't dipped or tell one side i have not not intentionally visited schools that are underperforming oh yeah that's right i forgot. the same way the vos hope you. forget he invested in a company involved in a deal to give loan servicer performance a one hundred forty seven million dollar loan in two thousand and twelve. like this is why states are trying to intervene because the federal government would rather align themselves with industry than consumers education department officials late last year ordered the loan companies that work for the agency to avoid responding directly to information requests from third par

companies contracted with the department of education to supposedly help us manage debt are just predatory as the people dateline's chris hansen tells the take a c it's why since twenty fifteen spaceflight connecticut and illinois have passed bill of rights laws legislation that forces companies like navi and to get licensed with the state inform us about loan forgiveness and keep us up to date about all of our repayment options and these loans are necessary given that from january twenty fourth team to the super twenty six team navios was named as a defendant in five hundred thirty third of all lawsuits and that in early two thousand and seventeen the consumer financial protection bureau sued davian for allegedly misleading borrowers about the repayment options it is legally obligated to provide put in the benson de vos era where we're one degree away from her mercenary brother leading arms training for america's teachers the department of education issued a memo bashing licensing requirements saying they interfere with the federal government's power to select contractors and we can see h

. >> i am disappointed that the department of education chose not to send someone to the hearing. i do want to acknowledge we have a former head of the office of civil rights for the department of education that is the reason why the policies did improve over the last several years. catherine, i just want to acknowledge that. >> but i want to ask you, what do you see that department of education is doing well? and what do you think that department of education needs to do better? and we are going to be try to be speedy in that response because there is two other people that have questions and we are past our time. >> briefly, again the department of education is critical in this fight because the most important place to address these problems is in our schools. this is the place where we educate our children. this is the place where the tone is set and begins in our schools. so providing schools with clear guidelines of what is expected of them is critical. >> it is the role of the department of education to be the resource for education agencies on how to serve individuals that ma

>> reporter: the california department of education said, we are sickened by the tragedy and encourageveryone to report incidences of child abuse. the california department of education does not approve, monitor, inspect, or oversee them. and that has some other homeschool proponents worried. >> in instances where parents are abusive, it's very hard to track down. >> reporter: she and state education officials say they support changes in the law that would prevent future tragedies. not everyone agrees. >> do you want to enact laws that require every person to present their child annually for inspection? i don't want to live in that state. >> reporter: as for the mother in fairfield, she says she's misunderstood. >> i've had many people question my right to question -- parent. >> reporter: the children are now being -- henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a woman who accused 49ers linebacker reuben foster of domestic violence was in court yesterday and recanted her statement. elissa ennis spent an hour yesterday testifying in a san jose courtroom and said she wanted to ruin foster's career.

if doj is important as we thought we were, not work with the department of education their or department of labor, meant we were againsting all information and want doing the job needed to be done. you must bring in other agencies and their knowledge and employees who are working so hard or just not doing what needs to be done. so having a meeting among doj people congratulate doj people and the great job doj people are doing is not a useful adventure. >> thank you, i religion hold my other questions because other understand other commissioners have questions. commissioner narasaki. >> my first questiones about data and i'm -- i gate little lost in all the acronyms and different study weather who is doing them and what. one of issue that came up in an earlier panel is the fact that many immigrant communities may not be reporting on hate crimes because particularly if they're undocumented or someone in their family or life is undocumented they may fear the risk of that. mir my understanding is that potentialfully at least one of the three databases there's the ncbv, ucr and. the neibers.

for the first nine weeks of his department of education tenure, itell was actually on unpaid leave of absence from bridgepoint. you heard that right. he was an employee of the department of education and continued as an employee of one of the most predatory for-profit colleges in this country at the same time. abc news reports itell had a hand in dismantling the department's borrower defense rule which would help students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges like ashford. how is that for a fox guarding the henhouse? but we're not done yet. don't forget about career agency corporation which reports it is currently under investigation by 23 state torsion including lisa madigan of illinois. in 2013, career education corporation agreed to pay $10.25 million in a settlement with the new york attorney general over job placement rate inflation. an act of fraud. the company has been investigated by the f.t.c. and the s.e.c. the department of education even placed one of its schools, american intercontinental university, on heightened cash monitoring for concerns related to its administra

every one of these students deserves a high quality public education. right, and the responsibility of the department of education in partnership with states and localities to make it a reality. 64 years ago our nation's highest court declared separate to be inherently unequal and ordered public education to desegregate in order to provide equal learning opportunities to all students. unfortunately, this administration has relentlessly at protections, including civil rights protections, and education. it20 the department we send -- we send it protections for transgendered students. suspended protections for student loan borrowers that enable them to have debts discharged. rolled back obama era guidance of title ix protections against campus based assault. rolled back 72 documents that provide guidelines for special education. this year the department has taken steps to erode protections for students with disabilities. this important rule is set to go into effect this july, and clarifies when school districts must take action to address racial disparity and ethnic disparities. the department has propo

every one of these students deserves an equitable, high-quality, public education. that's their right. that's the responsibility of the department of education, as well as congress, in partnership with states and localities to make it a reality. last week, we recognized the anniversary of the supreme court's unanimous and landmark ruling in brown v. board of education. 64 years ago, our nation's highest court declared the separate to be inherently unequal and ordered public education to desegregate in order to provide equitable learning opportunities for all students. unfortunately, this administration has relentlessly chipped away at civil rights protections, including civil rights protections in education. in 2017, the department rescinded protections for transgendered students, rescinded obama-era reforms for student loan servicing process, which helps borrowers better manage their loans, suspended protections for student loan borrowers that enable them to have debts discharged when a school closes abruptly or defrauds its students, rolled back obama-era guidance and title nine protections against campus-based sexual assault,

one man tweeted the orange county department of education saying are you aware that your student record technician is wishing school shootings on the children of dana lash? should she really be working in education if she's promoting school shootings? at kpix 5's affiliate in los angeles tried speaking with the record technician but no one answered the door at the apartment associated with her name. the oc department of education couldn't within information the name but did say a -- melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> and the department responded saying, quote, we condemn any comments that would endorse violence or otherwise exploit this national tragedy. >>> take a look at this video out of north carolina this morning. heavy rainfall caused a section of a highway to crack and erode. creating what looks like a mini water fall. people living nearby are being asked to avoid that area. for good reason. >> don't take that street. >> makes our weather look pretty mild. >>> it does. yesterday was kind of chilly for some people and there were a few flight delays, got in late. >> yeah. >> running on like

the department of education makes incremental improvements. in a letter by the secretary for civil rights who is currently president of the brandeis center, ocr clarifies title vi protected students from certain religious groups that also had ethnic or ancestral components such as judaism, islam or sikhism. this guidance was largely unenforced for 6 years but in 2010 it was reaffirmed by the department of justice and the department of education. the guidance is currently in effect, there are several problems. has informal guidance, it may not endorse and ocr could achieve a clearer understanding of what is permitted and what is not by providing more guidance. by defining discrimination based on ethnicity and ancestry, opr can identify, address and prevent such incidents from occurring. it should also discuss guidance and recommended by the commission in 2011 the first amendment implications of anti-bullying policy including the department's title vi policy should not be construed as limiting free-speech. moreover ocr policies do not protect stu

of students, parents and educators crying out for action. call on the majority to hold hearings immediately. the department of education bears a tremendous responsibility for implementing and enforcing federal laws covering nearly 18,200 school districts and more than 50 million public school students. every one of these students deserves an equitable, high quality public education. that is their right and the responsibility of the adapt of education as well as congress in partnership with states and localities to make it a reality. last week we recognized the anniversary of the supreme court's unanimous and landmark ruling ruling in brown v. board of occasion, 64 years ago, declaying the separate to be inherently unequal and ordered public education to desegregate in order to provide equitable earning opportunities for all students. unfortunately, this administration -- excuse me -- has relentletly chipped away at civil right protections, including civil rights protections in education. in 2017, the department rescinded protections for transgender students, rescind obama era reforms for student loan servi

the department of education has made incremental improvements. in a 2004 dear colleague letter written by ken marcus who is currently the president of the brandeis center ocr clarified that title vi protected students from certain religious groups that also have ethnic or ancestral components such as judai judaism, islam or sikhism. in 2010 it was rea form by both the department of justice and department of education. though this guidance is currently in effect, there are several concerns. as it's informal guy ans it may not endure through subsequent administrations. ocr could receive a clear itser understanding by providing more guidance. by defining what discrimination based on ethnicity entails they could address and prevent such incidents from occurring. ocr should discuss in guidance as recommended by the commission in 2011 the first amendment implications of anti-bullying policies. the guidance should include that the department's title 6 policies should not be construed in ways that will limit free speech. more every, ocr's policies do not

the department of education has a huge role. nd thanks everything that you did in the your role at the department of education to put in guide lance not only encourage and promote anti-bullying education, anti-bias education, reform school discipline policies and other things that disproportionately impact students of colors, marginalize communities and et cetera. to your previous question, the federal government has a huge role to play in responding to hate crimes. not only on the legal side where often times states don't have inadequate hate crime laws. states don't protect lgbt communities and don't have hate crime laws and other federal age skis have a role to play in shopping to hate, calling out hate where it happens and working with other agencies to establish best practices which is why a recommendation for interagency task force, i will again reiterate, is so important to us. >> thank you. >> commissioner kladney. >> thank you, madam chair. i just wanted to clear up, commissioner kirsanow asking you questions why minorit

private at home schools must register with the state and the department of education does not approve, monitor or inspect or oversee them. that has other homeschooled proponents worried. >> a lot of parents are in for good reasons and they are giving children great education. but in instances in which parents are abusive, it is hard to track them down. >> she says she supports changes in the law that will prevent future tragedies trees. these laws require every person to present their child annually for inspection. i don't want to live in that state a mother she says she is misunderstood. >> i have people questioning my right to be a parent and i think this whole situation has exploded. >>> a los angeles assemblywoman was considered a leader of the me too movement and she has been cleared of allegations of sexual misconduct. she was accused of drunkenly groping a male staffer. but the claims found to be unsubstantiated. she still faces discipline for ordering staff members to run personal errands. she took unpaid lead - - she took unpaid leave. >>> a palo alto mother since her son was

one man tweeted the orange county department of education asking if they were aware that someone was ol shootings on others. our affiliate tried speaking with the record technician, but no one answered the door. the oc department of education would not confirm the name, but did say that an employee has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. >> the department responded and condemned any comments that would encourage violence. >>> president trump is ratcheting up a clash of his own. he wants a new investigation. he tweeted that he demands that the department of justice looks into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrated or surveyed the trump campaign for political purposes. he says the fbi spy got inside his 2016 campaign. news account says the fbi did send someone to talk to correspondence after they found suspicious contacts with russia. >> i have no information that would indicate that the president -- presidents tweets or theory is at all based in truth. >> the ranking democrat says esther trump and his -- mr. trump is wrong to push for this. >>> a palo alto pas

if we're sitting in doj, as important as we thought we were in doj, not working with the department of education, not working with the department of labor, not working with all these other departments meant that we weren't getting all possible information, meant that we weren't doing the job that needed to be done. you must bring in other agencies and their expertise and their knowledge and their employees who are working so hard, or you're just not doing what needs to be done. and so, having a meeting among doj people to congratulate doj people and the great job doj people are doing is not really a useful adventure. >> thank you. i'm going to hold my other questions for the moment because i understand that other commissioners have questions. commissioner narasaki. >> thank you, madam chair. my first question is about data. and i get a little lost in all the acronyms and the different studies and who's doing them and what. but one of the issues that came up in an earlier panel is the fact that many immigrant communities may not be reporting on hate crimes, because particularly if they're undocum

. >> i am very disappointed with the department of education not to send someone to the hearing to acknowledgefor the office of civil rights for department of education is the reason why policies did improve over the lastde several years so i do want to acknowledge that but i do want to ask you, what do you see the department of education is doing well t or what it needs to do better? >> i will try to be speedy in response. >> but education is critical because the most important place to begin to address these problems clearly is in our schools where we educate our children in the place where the tonee is set. so providing with clear guidelines to make it is the role of the department of education to better serve those individuals of all populations and may be those that are marginalized. >> i agree the message sent i agree wholeheartedly that cannot be overstated it has a huge role to put in guidance and not only encourage but also to reform those policies that disproportionately impact. so to your previous question and responding to hate crimes where often times those inadequate hate crime l

education service company. he took unpaid leave of absence from bridgeport from february 13 at 2017th to april 5, 2070 to work the department of education in effect during the two-month stretch of time he was employed by both bridge point in the department at the same time. two issues of concern to bridge point where the gainful employment rule and the borrower defense rule both of which protects students. i like to talk about the gainful employment or ge rule for a moment preview must be aware that because of the prior employment with rich point and to avoid any conflict of interest he told congress that he had recused himself from all matters related to the gainful employment rule. i happen to have two documents of interest with me secretary. first a record of the may 17, 2017 call on his calendar entitled call with the executive office of the president on rulemaking. that was from 4:32 5 30:00 p.m. that day but ever record of june 13, 2017 e-mails sent to administration officials attaching a quote unquote draft backgrounder and instruction within the e-mail to remove the ge insert when sending it to others. secretary dev

that it could be involved that would be a conflict of interest. >> also was the work in the department of education take their ethical agreements very seriously and operate accordingly. >> have these people wreak used themselves of the decision-making process? >> as i said, all of the individuals in the department -- >> you are not going to respond to my question i will move on. will you commit to providing evidence of their refusal to this committee? >> as i said, i am confident -- >> i take your answer is no. can you testify that the pilot program will be implemented by the best connected firm but by the firm that would best serve the students? >> the pilot program will be implemented according to process and procedure set out within the federafederal student aid to enn objective conclusion and award for the program. >> thank you madam secretary for your time today. >> ms. stephani, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for being here today. ie will have three questions i will go through fairly quickly. first is on the perkins loan program. congress decided not to expand this program

>> reporter: the california department of education said that we are sickened by this tragedy and encourageveryone to report incidents of suspected child abuse. undercurrent california law, private and home schools must register with the state. the california department of education does not approve, monitor, inspect, or oversee them. and that has some other homeschool proponents worried. >> many parents will be home schooling for a really great reason and getting the kids grade education. but in instances where parents are abusive, it's very hard to track down rick >> reporter: she and state education officials say they support changes in the law that would prevent future tragedies. but not everyone agrees. do you have you want to enact laws that require every person to present their child annually for inspection? i don't want to live in that state. >> reporter: as for the mother in fairfield, she says she's misunderstood. >> i've have many people question my right to parent. i feel like this next -- situation is exploded. >> henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> 5:40. the woman who argued 49ers

as we mentioned, the republicans in control of congress and the running the department of education aren on rolling back regulations. this bill would not only roll back some of the regulations, but it would prevent the department from enacting similar legislations in the future without legislation. that is significant. want to get into if it was a cut or increase. it would increase the loan limits available to students, though it will bow colleges to place limits on loans for individual programs if they feel those students might not make enough money in the future. it would give more discretion to colleges to limit loans. it would also put colleges on the hook for students that dropout. if you dropout midway through the semester, if your college has received a federal pell grant or loan money that money would have to be repaid to the government. so colleges are not benefiting from students who drop out. host: independence, oregon. you are a parent. good morning. caller: i'm thinking my kids are going to come out of college because it is not worth it because of all of the places college.

in a zone and politico last year put the government on the spot when it revealed that the department of education spent more of its national budget on public relations than on the training of teachers. animal political and other alternative sites like d.c.'s and refer to a feeding the public's hunger for muckraking journalism as a presidential election approaches if the polls are to be believed disenchanted mexicans will be voting for the only party out of office but whether the next president changes a habit of a lifetime in cuba as media outlets and their addiction to government advertising remains as they say in the news business. and finally we've been fans of the you tube channel bad lip reading below our ever since it became the breakout hit of the two thousand and twelve u.s. election campaign the format is simple take a video clip could be a song a t.v. show a political speech and then overdubbed it with some completely inappropriate words that just happened to match the speaker's lip movements the channel has more than six million subscribers and is now approaching a total of a billion v

nothing happens because the department of education isn't enforcing and it and, of cours, someone to complain. you could go through out of the 130 fsb schools i i doubt to gt them comply, you want to at least stay close as the rule evolved. >> i want to ask about coaching. say you are a coach, college basketball coach and your players are making outside money. does that change anything for you as a coach, how you coach them? >> i'm not sure. i think that, we talk about the transfer, being able to transfer and play right away might affect coaching more so than if they're making outside income. i'm not sure how or if that would change. in asking the question how do you think you could possibly alter -- >> you wonder, this is what you may hear, you shouldn't pay players. does it become harder deal with some of the players? do they have more allegiance to the sponsor as opposed to the teen? team? is it more difficult for them to have academics, , sports and sponsorship, all at once? what to be different entities poling at the? >> dan mentioned earlier how much a time commitment is at thi

nothing happens now because the department of education doesn't enforce it. don't 500 schools, i of them comply. and you would want to stay close is this rule evolved. say you are coaching your player is making outside money. does that change anything for you as a coach? how you deal with them? are you coach them #with their be concerns as a coach about that? john: i'm not sure. -- we talk about the transfer -- being able to transfer and playing right away might affect coaching more so than if they are making outside income. i'm not sure how or if that would change. the question, how would you think would possibly alter -- wonder, this is what you may hear from people who say you shouldn't pay players, does it become harder dealing with some of the players? is it were difficult for them to juggle academics and sports and sponsorships, you know, all atonce? would there be different entities pulling at them? >> well, i mean, dan mentioned earlier how much of a time commitment is this new part going to take, how much of a time commitment are their endorsements. s

department of justice and to have the community stakeholders in panel three include panel and policy experts and government officials who were serving at the bureau of justice he fbi and department of education. and with the department of education and those who join us now your views help to fulfill the mission on civil rights. thematic i want to think everyone responsible i want to think everyone responsible i am not a fan to have a tendency to feel identity to feel identity politics that determination to come together to have several hate crimes statutes passed i don't have time to mention all the special problems of hate crime law especially federalizing that but we all know the double jeopardy clause prohibits the government from trying down again after quitting many people don't know that that does not apply to both the state and federal government prosecute the same defendant they both get their chance to prosecute. even if found innocent and the other system even when that was now that they are federal crimes it is to fight the apple the hate crimes act as a significant contributor it defines very probably doesn't actually require hatred actually into the hate contact if it occurs be

that funding available, just the last word about that from you. >> we have $63 billion in department of education. >> harris: a lot of money. >> a lot of money. doesn't have to be allocated, we don't have to break the budget, it's already there. and i think the biggest roeflt department of education is to secure our schools, protect our teachers, protect our children. and i'm very passionate about this, just from the fact we talk, i've been through this. and we need to address this immediately and we have a very simple bill that will allow us to do this. i've talked to secretary devoss, she knows what we want to do. i think we need to move forward. i will be pressing it this next week. >> harris: we will be watching for you making that news. we certainly appreciate you sxroining us today -- joining us today. congressman roger williams from texas. >> thank you. >> harris: 15-year-old leila butler is a san if a fe high school sophomore. she was sit in chemistry class when the fire abathroom went off. leila wis us by phone. so glad you are okay. >> thank you. >> harris: tell me what happened. >> i w

nothing happens now because the department of education doesn't enforce it. requires somebody to complain. but like, you know, you could go through and probably off the 130 fbs schools, i doubt 50 of them comply. but you'd want to stay close as this rule evolved. >> right. >> john, i wanted to ask you also about coaching. say you're a coach, college basketball coach, and your players now are making outside money. does that change anything for you as a coach, how you deal with them, how you coach them? would there be concerns as a coach about that? >> i'm not sure. you know, i think that we talk about the transfer, being able to transfer and play right away might affect coaching more so than if they're making outside income. i'm not sure how or if that would change. so in asking the question how do you think it would possibly alter how -- >> well, you wonder, this is what you may hear from people who say you shouldn't pay players, does it become harder dealing with some of the players? do they have more allegiance to their sponsors as opposed to the team? is i

a lot of people are talking about for-profit colleges. the seattle times reports the education department is a scaling back the unit investigating fraud at four-profit colleges. that team investigating widespread abuses at for-profit marginalized.een and current former employees, the unwinding of the -- hass stymied effectively kill investigations into possibly fraudulent activities at several large, four-profit colleges where top thes of betsy devos, education secretary, had previously worked. looking into were advertising, recruitment practices and job placement severalt institutions, including devry. from as barryg park, new jersey. do you think college is worth it -- from asbury park, new jersey. you think college is worth it? caller: no, i don't. this is the problem. since the federal government ns, the giving out load price of college has skyrocketed. once you take out a federal discharge thatt if you find yourself going through hard times. governmentederal gets out of giving federal loans to kids who can't pay back, the price of college will go down. we showed a statistic saying th

i'm opposing this nomination because those who work at the top of the accident of education -- the department of education should be committed to its top priority, which is helping educate our next generation of students. they should not be focused on demonizing teachers or public schools in the federal government's role in public education, and they should not be promoting their extreme ideological agendas at the expense of our students. we do need a department of education with a positive vision for our neighborhood public schools that believes that everyone has the right to a high quality public education no matter where they live or how they learn or how much money their parents make. that is what millions of parents and teachers and students stood up for during secretary devos' confirmation hearing. and despite the public rejection of her extreme ideology and her unprecedented, tie-breaking confirmation vote by vice president pence, it's clear secretary devos has led the department of education in the opposite direction. she has continued to push her privatization agenda, trying to sipho

but the department of education is helping that is exactly what they are doing to have support. >> the industry has gone a resurgence to generate 80% of those vehicles it produces. and then to bring in those components with that export market that my honorable friend that the economy does play a significant role to provide with an opportunity to become those other trade deals around the world we also need to find what we can at an early stage. those between the u.k. and the eu that if we want to see that trade as well as possible not is the future partnership. today my constituency sure the prime minister would like to wish them well. more than 800,000 directly from nhs light is the prime minister line for the port and safely into public hands. >> i also commented about the national health ink service that this government is committed into national health service that will give it certainty and sustainability through the annual budget making we are committed to a national health service. >> who knew that would be the only lifeline? with the 11-year-old who had the awareness event and t

carter initiated the department of education, the title he had just initiated the department of energy, that was doe. you can't have two does. that would cook up the federal government to explode. everything is run by acronyms and initials. someone in the bureaucracy, we ought to call the department of public education, except it's initials would be the op -- dop, that -- >> they should have adopted it, much more apt. i rest my case. >> quite exciting to be a conservative because there are many alternatives. you can send your children to public school but you have the internet, youto but, places they can learn things. she has learned so much more than she would have in school. there are alternatives and new media outlets. we are not constrained in the same way the 20 years ago conservatives might have been constrained, the public education system, there has been a movement -- now that is where censorship has moved, facebook, google, and attempt to shut down conservative alternatives. but they still exist. >> the problem parents face with sending their children to school is working on c

[laughter] >> when president carter initiated the department of education, he wanted a title, he had just initiated the department of energy and that was doe. now you can't have two doe's, my god, cause the federal government to explode, everything is run by acronyms and initial. someone in the bureaucracy, not as a gag but really meant we ought to call the department of public education except that initials won't dope, dope. that was rejected. >> no, i think they should have. it's much more apt. [laughter] >> rest my case. >> at the same time it's quite exciting to be a conservative because there are so many alternatives, you can still send your children to public school but you also have the internet, you have youtube, they can learn things. my daughter watches series octanons, sea creatures. so we are not constrained anymore in the same way that perhaps 20 years ago conservatives might have been constrained by the public education system. there's been a movement, of course, now that's where the censorship has moved to. >> of course. >> youtube. attempt to shutdown alternatives, alt

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she failed to register her home with the state department of education.he also didn't file an affidavit confirming how many children were enrolled and what they were being taught. >> this family apparently didn't bother to file anything. >> reporter: but even if she had contacted the state, she wouldn't have had to identify her kids by name. >> children's names are never on these forms. >> reporter: debbie is with the homeschool association of california. she says the burden is not on school officials and that the situation in fairfield and other similar cases comes down to one thing. >> this is an abuse case. it has nothing to do with homeschooling. how many stories are there about public schoolchildren who are horrifically abused and nobody noticed it? plenty. >> reporter: in a statement, the california department of education said: >> and that has some other homeschool proponents worried. >> many parents will be homeschooling for really great reasons and giving their kids a great education. but in instances where parents are abusive, it's very hard to

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of education. but she's also served here in washington as director of the national institute of education which is a part of the old department of health education and welfare in the late '70s. and she's also served as the head of the spencer foundation. so she knows this field in many different ways and that's important. her books that relate to this subject, schooling america, how the public schools meet the nation's changing needs, and the knowledge committee in postsecondary education. john fielden is at the university of kentucky. he's been a professor also at the college of william and mary and also at indiana university. there seems to be an indiana university connection here. and i think that's no accident because education is important. higher education particularly at i.u. he was research director for the association of california independent colleges and universities. he's the author of "history of american higher education," and he's been a member on the working group on the future of education. so these two speakers today are armed with practical knowledge as well as academic knowledge. they'll speak in turn. and

>> one thing was the creation of the department of education. the federal government really got involved in extreme but it was just before a small portion of the federal government. . . that was really the format for retaining or changing the system of the school. they just had to be a part of pta parents and children association. that is what we care about the care about the individual school we went to. it wasn't a part of the federal government or a meaningful part, i should say. there was a section of one department but it was -- what was it called? education something. >> self-education river restaurant spirit that was it. >> sam, joe, do you agree with bruce that it's a bit lonely being a conservative in california today? >> is lonely. the good news is you find each other. it's a lot of fun at the same time -- >> it's like a secret club. >> by the way, one funny thing that happened when president carter initiated the department of education. he wanted a title but he just initiated the department of energy and that was doe and you can't have

she failed to register her home with the state department of education.affidavit confirming how many children were enrolled and what they were being taught. >> this family apparently didn't bother to file anything. >> reporter: but even if she had contacted the state, she wouldn't have had to identify her kids by name. >> children's names are never on these forms. >> reporter: debbie is with the homeschool association of california. she says the burden is not on school officials and that the situation in fairfield and other similar cases comes down to one thing. >> this is an abuse case. it has nothing to do with homeschooling. how many stories are there about public schoolchildren who are horrifically abused and nobody noticed it? plenty. >> reporter: in a statement, the california department of education said: >> and that has some other homeschool proponents worried. >> many parents will be homeschooling for really great reasons and giving their kids a great education. but in instances where parents are abusive, it's very hard to track down. >> reporter