Substituting The Government For The Family: In First Set Back To Homeschooling In Decades, Connecticut Declares War

Harbingers Daily ^ | 06/06/2026 | Alex Newman

[Jan_Sobieski]

Connecticut officials just adopted the first major new restriction on homeschooling in America in decades, forcing parents to seek permission from “child welfare” authorities while imposing a slew of new regulations on families who exit government schools. Advocates for home education blasted the move. And they vowed to fight on.

The legislation, known as House Bill 5468 and signed into law as Public Act 26-37 or “An Act Concerning the Provision of Parent-Managed Learning,” treats all homeschool families as guilty until proven innocent, critics said. Before starting to homeschool, parents must report to the government and receive approval from the Department of Children and Families to proceed.

The unprecedented measure also purports to force parents to provide government-approved “education.” Language ordering homeschoolers to have “equivalent instruction” to government’s was removed. But the final bill signed into law by Governor Ned Lamont last week still decrees that parents must follow the studies taught in government schools.

The bill was so controversial that all Republicans and even some Democrats voted against it. But even with no GOP support, the legislation was approved by the House in a 96 to 53 vote and 22 to 14 by the Senate. Thousands of concerned citizens spoke out and testified against the bill, while just a handful expressed support…

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TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: connecticut; homeschool; hslda

[nathanbedford]

Blame Joe Biden and,.m the first amendment. If you Accord Christians s the right to homeschool, it is difficult to deny Muslims the right to impose Sharia. Thanks again, Joe

[nathanbedford]

Blame Joe Biden and,.m the first amendment. If you Accord Christians s the right to homeschool, it is difficult to deny Muslims the right to impose Sharia. Thanks again, Joe

[Brian Griffin]

“Muslims”

God isn’t going to look favorably on anybody who murders or rapes.

The Prophet got in over his head with bad people.

[Brian Griffin]

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Article 18
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4. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/ccpr.pdf

The US is a state party to the Covenant.

[butlerweave]

The 72 virgins belief was created by a very Sick Mind

[butlerweave]

Leftist government Brainwashing

[Jan_Sobieski]

Sodomites want our children…

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: We’re Coming for Your Children

[trebb]

In Mississippi, there’s an on-line homeschooling option - where patents can see exactly what’s being taught. A friend’s 16 year old granddaughter is on it and doing well.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

If you Accord Christians s the right to homeschool, it is difficult to deny Muslims the right to impose Sharia.

I don't think that follows at all legally. The former is permitting individual to exercise their religion in their own lives. The latter would be forcing individuals to follow the religious beliefs of someone else. Completely different.

[FrozenAssets]

I would postulate that this is a product of “education” unions.

[PubliusMM]

“If you Accord Christians s the right to homeschool, it is difficult to deny Muslims the right to impose Sharia.”

That makes no sense at all. Equating a system of education with a system of (questionable) jurisprudence? That is surely an unsupportable leap of logic. Unless I’m missing something?

[cp124]

Add to the list of horrible Northeast state run by libtards.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Homeschooling parents and organizations are known for being protective and tenacious. They do not surrender nor submit. Whereas the mucks pushing this nonsense are known for being weak kneed and lily-livered.

Think about it: home school parents have enthusiasm, time, motivation, more than typical resources, organization, and will fight in the courts and the ballot boxes.

[Srednik]

The Home School Legal Defense Fund will litigate this, Srednik is more than confident.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

If you Accord Christians s the right to homeschool, it is difficult to deny Muslims the right to impose Sharia.

That is possibly the dumbest thing I have read today and it is not even noon.

So if you allow people to educate their children you have to allow another group to take over the entire justice system?

How does that even work?

[nathanbedford]

As a conservative I can comfortably coexist with the homeschooling of children by parents, even if they are not actual conservatives but left-leaning, but who, nevertheless, are at least cultural and patriotic Americans.

But homeschooling by Muslims that indoctrinates sharia into the minds of children of tender age poses a threat to our constitutional democracy. The right to homeschool is even now only precariously protected against government attack. Part of the right to homeschool one's children is centered in the First Amendment with its protection of freedom of opinion and speech. The Amish won the right to terminate attendance by their children in public schools at the age of 13 or 14, an exception partially and tacitly granted out of deference to their religion.

If, in places like Dearborn Michigan and Minneapolis Minnesota, the Muslim community, which is obviously the predominant local political power, organizes individual homeschooling, it will undoubtedly indoctrinate with the intention of inculcating the tenets of Muslim law, including sharia.

Muslims will be able to assert the same constitutional rights and protection for sharia that Baptists, Catholics and even Amish won under the Constitution. This litigation might very well turn on equal protection of the laws guaranteed under the 14th Amendment.

Joe Biden has ensured that a flood of Muslims will gain the raw political power to enforce their will through government agencies like local school boards and state legislatures. The Constitution might well prohibit us infidels from protecting our culture through government by restricting the spread of sharia homeschooling or its content.

[Secret Agent Man]

The idea of being the first with someone isnt the sick part. You dont reuse someone elses condom.

The sick part is the concept that 72 virgins (that become virgins again) are somehow the pinnacle of paradise for men. Its not in real life ahd its not in the demonic possession utterances of Mad Mo.

I mean it doesnt even make sense. You cant revirginize even if everything is restored to normal, your memories would also have to be erased otherwise everyone would remember its not the first time....I mean its ridiculous to even explain it

[oldtech]

Exactly what I thought. That statement comparing homeschool to Sharia law makes no sense to me. Maybe to a liberal it might make sense.