1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1043+ words) The nation’s largest homeschool advocacy organization is calling on the U.S. Department of Education to investigate a new state law that provides oversight of homeschooling families, alleging that it violates the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, protecting the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (346+ words) After months of controversy, Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill this week that provides oversight and regulation of homeschooling families in a watered-down measure that still prompted sharp opposition from some parents and their legislative supporters. Lawmakers said they have…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (763+ words) Connecticut lawmakers have passed H.B. 5468, a bill that prevents parents from immediately withdrawing their children from public school to begin homeschooling, making them wait until the Department of Children and Families completes a review. The bill would also prohibit homeschooling by…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (956+ words) A controversial bill to impose Connecticut’s first regulations on homeschooling gained final passage in the Senate after lengthy debate Monday evening. Senators voted, largely along party lines, passing the legislation 22-14 just before midnight. House Bill 5468 has faced pushback from Republicans…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (602+ words) Democrats have rewritten their last remaining homeschooling bill in an effort to make the legislation palatable enough to clear the House. The rewrite also drops language allowing homeschooled students to take up to two classes in public schools and participate…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (848+ words) In the wake of a third death of a student who had been withdrawn from public school, lawmakers are revising legislation that would increase oversight for homeschooled families. There is no data confirming the total number of homeschoolers in Connecticut,…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (858+ words) Christina Ghio was endorsed Wednesday by the House of Representatives as the state’s child advocate in an unexpectedly partisan vote that reflected deep divisions in the General Assembly over regulating homeschooling. Ghio’s testimony in support of a controversial homeschool oversight…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (102+ words) Hartford Courant Homeschooling parents should support the bill seeking reforms. I am deeply saddened by the lack of empathy protesting homeschooling parents and their advocates have for the children that have been hidden and abused under this education model. I…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (151+ words) Multiple Newtown schools were delayed in dismissing on Wednesday as police searched for two people who allegedly fled from a crash on Interstate 84. The search took place shortly before 1:30 p.m. when the Newtown Police Department was contacted by Connecticut State Police…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (414+ words) The state legislature’s Appropriations Committee advanced a priority bill Monday without a key provision on homeschooling, two weeks after authorities arrested the father of a child who died after leaving public school — the second such death reported in the last…...