Education Matters: Is Florida about to start arresting parents or forcing kids to leave school over opting out?

Education Matters: Is Florida about to start arresting parents or forcing kids to leave school over opting out?:

Is Florida about to start arresting parents or forcing kids to leave school over opting out?

I ask because that seems to be where we are heading.

First look at what education chairman Marlene O'Toole said a couple weeks ago: "You're not allowed to do that (opt out) and keep your child in a public school," she said. "So if you want to have your child learn another way or do something different, you always have the option to take them (out). School boards should not be ... saying, Well, okay. There is no okay."

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/there-is-no-okay-for-opting-out-in-florida-house-education-chairwoman-says/2246132

Then throw in what Kurt Browing, superintendent of Pasco county said, As much as Browning says he wants to see the system changed, he has yet to change his stance on opting out. He sent his message to parents in February that "There is no opt-out provision," and advised all employees in a memo around the same time, "At no time may a school or its staff encourage students to abstain from participating in the statewide tests."

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/whats-a-pasco-parent-to-do-about-testing-opt-out-now/2247406

The article above went on to talk about how students would be forced to sit during the Education Matters: Is Florida about to start arresting parents or forcing kids to leave school over opting out?: