Nebraska City Drops Hiring Rule that Barred Homeschool Graduate From Becoming Paid Firefighter

Anti-homeschool bias dropped from Nebraska city hiring policy

The Nebraska city of Fremont discriminated against a Christian homeschool graduate who applied to a firefighter job, but backtracked after facing national outrage.

Nebraska city drops hiring rule that barred homeschool graduate from becoming paid firefighter

A Nebraska municipality will now consider a homeschool graduate for a paid firefighting job after rejecting him because of his diploma. The Fremont City Council voted 8-0 on Sept. 29 to drop a rule requiring applicants to graduate from an accredited high school or earn a GED. The change allows Andrew Coates, 22, to continue […]