Posted on 02/06/2013 7:56:23 AM PST by Sopater
Proposed Bill 374 filed in the Connecticut General Assembly would require all homeschooled children ages 12, 14, and 17 to undergo a behavioral health assessment. These assessments would be conducted by an unspecified health care provider and would be conducted even though there was no indication whatsoever that these children had a behavioral problem. The bill states that the results of the assessments are to be disclosed only to the childs parent or guardian, but that the health care provider must submit a form to the State Board of Education verifying that the child has received the assessment.
According to the Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership, a state organization made up of the Department of Children and Families, Department of Social Services, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and others, a behavioral health assessment is quite comprehensive and invasive. It includes a review of physical and mental health, intelligence, school performance, employment, level of function in different domains including family situation, and behavior in the community.
Proposed Bill 374 would essentially authorize the state to conduct regular social services investigations of homeschooling families without any basis to do so. This outrageous legislative proposal must be stopped in its tracks before it gains any momentum.
This legislation is sponsored by Sen. Toni Nathaniel Harp (10th Dist.) and Rep. Toni E. Walker (93rd Dist.). The bill is presently in the Public Health Committee. HSLDA is asking homeschoolers to immediately contact members of the committee and express their opposition to this unwarranted invasion of family privacy.
Well right off the bat I can think of three of us on this list. One of which notified you and also provided the contact information for the legislature. BTW you are still welcome for me providing that contact information.
I hope you also notice that the quality of the discourse has seriously improved with the absence of a certain person.
Does Daddy own any guns?
How does mommy feel about the government?
Do they ever use curse words when watching the news?
“Why does the state feel they have to do this?”
Because Nancy Lanza pulled Adam out of Newton High School for a while, and homeschooled him. Their rationale may be that had he had some kind of “external evaluation”, there might have been some kind of intervention before he went totally towards darkness (and we all know what happened next).
My prediction is that this law WILL pass in Connecticut. Along with much more restrictive gun control legislation there.
CT has become an “overwhelmingly blue” state, and the reality is that there’s not much conservatives can do about it — except to leave.
It is usually better to address immediate threats before critical ones. There is little advantage dealing with the overly-high speed limit on a road before getting out of the way of the oncoming truck.
This is an excellent example of how conservative parents need to work together to protect kids. ALL parents, not just home schooling ones, need to contact the school board to demand this be dropped.
Alas, there is a large population that do not consider parents like you and I to be conservative.
God bless you and yours!
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