tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post7245041590701943855..comments2024-02-15T11:55:02.998-08:00Comments on Why Homeschool: A new chapter in the never ending sagaHenry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-61031677975929808112007-12-27T09:53:00.000-08:002007-12-27T09:53:00.000-08:00The German government has juristiction over educat...The German government has juristiction over educational issues of non-citizen residents in the same way that employees of German or international companies working at US branches must comply with US state education laws. <BR/>I will have to do some research on the Niedersachsen statement regarding the military. Having said that, to my knowledge, policy regarding foreign military stationed in Germany is governed by the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which is negotiated between the respective national governments. <BR/>I looked at the post on Principled Discovery and couldn't see what level of the government was making the statement that military families would still be subject to the state education requirements.<BR/>(For context, we were military stationed in Berlin for three years and we homeschooled for all of them.)Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009107720601931341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-88561752934997584812007-12-23T09:49:00.000-08:002007-12-23T09:49:00.000-08:00Wow. Thanks for the info.Wow. Thanks for the info.Janine Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078812496080773315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-16763278477438956612007-12-22T23:04:00.000-08:002007-12-22T23:04:00.000-08:00It doesn't matter...Rina of Green Fields and Open ...It doesn't matter...Rina of Green Fields and Open Horizons is not German and is only there because her husband is working there temporarily and she has had to deal with the state, as well. <BR/><BR/>Niedersachsen also stated that the compulsory attendance laws applied to military personnel stationed there and the only reason they didn't have to go to a German school was because the DOD supplied a school...homeschooling would be illegal for them, even on base. Niedersachsen is only one state, and I still doubt they would do anything but it is interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com