Posted on 04/21/2015 4:47:07 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien
In the wake of the tragic murders of two Michigan children whose mother tortured them before stuffing them into the family’s freezer, lawmakers are calling for more stringent regulation of homeschooling in the state.
The proposed legislation from state Rep. Stephanie Chang, a Detroit Democrat, would require homeschooled children to be inspected twice per year by a licensed social worker or law enforcement officer. The bill would also require homeschooling parents to register their children — like dogs or sex offenders — with the superintendent of the school district in which they reside. Michigan is one of eleven states that do not require homeschooling parents to report to state or local authorities.
CBS Detroit reported:
Chang cited the case of Stoni Ann Blair and Stephen Gage Berry as a reason for planning the legislation. Investigators believe Stephen was 9 when he died in August 2012 and that Stoni was 13 when she died the following May. Their mother, who is accused of torturing and killing them and then stuffing their bodies in the freezer, had said she homeschooled them.
“We all failed Stoni and Stephen because Michigan does not maintain a list of homeschooled children and so we have no way to identify and then protect any child who could be at risk for abuse,” Chang said. “Most homeschool parents have their child’s best interest in mind, and many do a fine job homeschooling, but with Stephen and Stoni, that wasn’t the case.”
Every few years legislation like this pops up as a knee-jerk reaction to some terrible tragedy that was inflicted upon children who were allegedly homeschooled. The most recent was in Ohio in 2013, when Democratic state Senator Capri Cafaro introduced Teddy’s Law in reaction to the very tragic death of Teddy Foltz-Tedesco in January 2013.
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1) How much in contributions from Michigan teacher’s union execs is this Chang person getting, and 2) So an evil sadistic parent is not going to put her kids in a freezer if they go to a public school ?
Kinda like labeling all women postpartum with Clinical Depression because some nutcase drowned her five kids a few years back!
more over - if you want to flag a non-conformance issue look to the test scores. No test taking, no teaching. You don’t have to invade a home!
I’ve done some research into this story and this is a case of the state agencies dropping the ball. The school and child protective services both knew of long term abuse and did nothing.
The mother only claimed she was home schooling them to explain their disappearance (they were likely public school students when they were killed)
We have in home visits once or twice a month here in Iowa.
She used “home-schooling” as a cover for her murderous intent. According to the gummint, all home-schoolers now have murderous intent.
Simple, right? Now, let’s talk about those those “pre-PubSchool-enrollment” abortions...?
Thanks for the post; ping. Never let a crisis go to waste. Michigan totalitarians covering for ball-dropping, incompetent Michigan totalitarians. Solution: More Michigan government? Bumbling bureaucrats BUMP!
This is like shooting a dead body then claiming that gun violence was the cause of death.
Singing to the choir, brudder.
You stand a much better chance of being sexually assaulted by a teacher, or shot and killed by a fellow student in public or private school then being injured or killed while being home schooled. Perhaps we need to make some kind of law that prevents these things from happening.
that IS pretty outlandish!
We have way to much government in Michigan/USA.
We need a part time legislature and proportional allocation of electoral votes.
Let’s look at the real problem. This mother is a “CRACK ADDICT”, and she decided that to pay for her addiction, she had as many babies as she could, from as many men that are willing to service her. More babies mean more money from the government. Once the babies were born, the money started coming in. No one in the government ever thought about inspecting the house. By the time the government decided to investigate, it was too late, she had already killed those children, but the money was still coming in, to support the children even though the children were all dead. Who should we blame for this? PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS, THE GOVERNMENT
For homeschoolers? Seriously? Then I'm really glad we left Iowa before my daughter was born. I thought submitting test scores or a portfolio was bad enough. My husband and I are in complete agreement that social workers do not get a foot in the door without a warrant.
A very good start. And closely examine every legislator that is alive for corruption, sedition, treason, etc terminate or incarcerate as required.
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