HB 2996 is another bill from Paul Holvey.

This bill is intended to exert total government control over private schools. Here's the summary:

Requires private schools to register with Department of Education.
Requires administrators and teachers employed by private schools to be licensed by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
Requires private school employees to have criminal records check.
Imposes civil penalty on private school that does not register with department.
Eliminates public charter school teacher registration established by commission. Requires administrators and teachers employed by public charter schools to be licensed by commission.
Requires any person who provides instruction for compensation to children in kindergarten through grade 12 to hold teaching license.

The obvious danger to home school families, is that for years, home schoolers have made the argument that "home school IS private school" and as such we should have at least the freedoms that private schools have. If this bill becomes law, that argument is gone.