Connecticut about to pass an unconstitutional law DIRECTLY TARGETING homeschoolers

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The state’s Department of Education said in written testimony Tuesday that it won’t be able to comply with a bill that, if passed, would require notification to Connecticut’s child welfare agency when kids are pulled out of public school to be homeschooled.

Senate Bill 6, an omnibus bill, in part responds to safety concerns raised after the highly publicized death of Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-García, an 11-year-old whose body was found in a plastic container in New Britain, and the case of a Waterbury man who was allegedly locked away for decades, beginning in childhood. In both cases, parents had said they were homeschooling the children.

The bill would require that local districts alert the state Department of Education when children are withdrawn from public school. The department would then notify the Department of Children and Families, and that agency would check whether the family has any open cases with DCF.

Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker said in written testimony that the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act — FERPA — prevents the department from disclosing students’ information without parents’ permission except for “evaluation and research purposes, not for individual case management.”

“Any violation of federal law places millions of federal educational dollars in jeopardy,” Russell-Tucker wrote. “As such, the Department will be unable to comply with this proposal should it become law.”

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What’s DCF?

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