Swedish family hit with huge fine for homeschooling their child

ionainstitute.ie A Swedish parent has been fined €11,000 for homeschooling his daughter even though Swedish law does not explictly ban homeschooling. Jonas Himmelstrand, author and leading campaigner for the rights of homeschooling parents, and his wife have been fined by the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court for home educating their daughter for one year, the school year 2010-2011. The fine was imposed even though the family now live in Finland. The Swedish Association for Home Education, of which Mr Himmelstrand is a member, have condemned the court's ruling saying that it proved that Sweden had outlawed homeschooling in practice. In a statement, the group said that the ruling “raises questions about the Swedish rule of law”. to read more click here: ionainstitute.ie