RALEIGH – North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest is reminding homeschooling parents they have the “right to refuse warrantless entry” by Department of Non-Public Education bureaucrats.

Forest’s reminder comes as the state agency voiced its intention to resume “random” searches of homeschools across the state.

“This policy is intrusive, unnecessary, and has the potential to infringe on the constitutionally-protected privacy rights of tens of thousands of North Carolina homeschool families,” Forest said.

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“Homeschool families should be aware that they have the right to refuse warrantless entry by government officials without probable cause into their homes under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 20 of the North Carolina Constitution,” Forest was quoted as saying in a news release.

“Homeschool families should follow the law relating to the keeping of records and their lawful inspection, but should not be compelled to let any government official into their house. It is not necessary and people should reject it,” he said.

Forest is obviously not afraid to speak his mind regarding government overreach in education.

He has previously called out the education bureaucracy over the new Common Core national academic standards.

“The very premise of Common Core – to somehow standardize learning and test-taking – runs counter to the world of mass customization we live in where, via technology, curriculum and the learning experience can literally be customized to the needs of each individual student,” Forest said in June.

More recently, Forest posed 67 questions regarding Common Core to the state’s Department of Public Instruction, prompting the department to demand 10,000 blank pages to provide the response.

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The response from the department to the 67 questions consumed 40,000 pages in total.