At last, a conservative news aggregator that does not bow to the woke right.
In this The New American article, Alex Newman reports that Connecticut has declared war on homeschooling with the first major new restrictions in decades, forcing parents to seek government permission from the Department of Children and Families while imposing burdensome regulations on families fleeing public schools.
- House Bill 5468, signed into law as Public Act 26-37, requires parents to report to authorities and obtain approval from child welfare bureaucrats before beginning homeschooling, treating families as guilty until proven innocent.
- The law demands “equivalent instruction” to government schools, despite removal of some language, effectively subordinating parental authority to state mandates.
- Republicans and some Democrats opposed the bill, with critics highlighting the dysfunctional state child-welfare bureaucracy’s failures and arguing it punishes fit parents.
- Family Institute of Connecticut’s Peter Wolfgang blasted the measure as scapegoating homeschoolers for DCF’s own shortcomings while substituting government control for family responsibility.
- Home School Legal Defense Association vowed to continue legal challenges, warning the precedent could spread to other states amid growing assaults on parental rights.
- The attack fits a broader pattern of government efforts to undermine homeschooling freedom as millions of families reclaim education from failing public systems.
- Advocates emphasize that homeschooling success stems from parents’ loving investment, not state approval, and urge vigilance against escalating totalitarianism targeting families of faith.
Read the full story:
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/in-first-setback-to-homeschooling-in-decades-connecticut-declares-war/
