Thanks to Karen for sharing this:
If you are interested in signing a petition, please go to http://www.hslda.org/ The petition is open to anyone in the world that wishes to support homeschooling.

As many of you may have heard, there was a recent court ruling in California that stated a parent must be a certified teacher in order to homeschool. The HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) is taking the matter to the CA Supreme Court to try to get the ruling depublished. They are asking those individuals who are in support of protecting the rights of parents to homeschool their children to sign a petition at their website
_www.hslda.org/_ (http://www.hslda.org/)

Here is what the HSLDA site says about the ruling, in case you are not familiar with it:

"A California Court of Appeal recently decided that homeschooling is illegal in California unless a parent is a certified teacher. The case arose in a confidential juvenile court proceeding. The family was represented by
court-appointed attorneys and HSLDA did not become aware of the case until the Court of Appeal case was published on February 28, 2008. The Court could have restricted its decision to the facts before it, but instead, it issued a broad ruling that effectively outlaws home education in California. The Court also certified its decision for publication, which means that the decision can now be cited as legal authority by all other courts in California. The family and their California counsel are planning to appeal to the Supreme Court of California, which could result in reversal. Another option to keep homeschooling free in California is to petition the Supreme Court of California to “depublish” the opinion. If the opinion is “depublished” then it cannot be used by other California courts and this threat to homeschool freedom will be neutralized for other California homeschoolers. HSLDA will be formally petitioning the California Supreme Court to depublish the opinion. We would like to show that many other people, both in California and across the country, care deeply about homeschool freedom in California."