backdoor registration of homeschools
Why does the state feel they have to do this?
This is BS.Next each child will be evaluated in school and the parent wont be involved......
Sounds like unequal treatment under the law.
homeschool ping.
So let’s see
1. Adam Lanza was homeschooled
2. Homeschooling teaches kids to use AR15
3. Homeschooling teaches kids to go out and perform mass murders
4. Public schooled kids are not taught how to use AR15
6. Public schooled kids would never go out and perform mass murders
Hence, lets take all homeschoolers and make them pass mental tests
Makes sense to me...not
The Supreme court has already ruled the home school child is not the property of the state like public schoolers. No tax dollars are going toward their education.
This needs to be fought and fought hard. Parents home school their kids so they do NOT turn out psychically, mentally, socially, or spiritually like the public school kids. That's the whole idea!
The State simply wants to verify the condition of Their property.
After all, They don’t have eyes and ears inside your home watching. Yet. /s
Sounds very...Orwellian...
They hate anything they can’t control. Homeschooling is one of the few refuges where you can escape invasive, suffocating government control.
I would be putting an amendment on that bill that would mandate that all elected officials in the state be subject to the same criteria.
They should be asking ALL parents, not just homeschoolers to contact members of the committee.
This is just so totally wrong.
How about if we do a behavioral health assessment of all public school teachers and other government workers, first? Followed up with assessments for all the busybodies who want to “assess” our children in the first place?
Attorney Deb Stevenson of www.nheld.com recommends a cautious approach. Please read below:
Bulletin #74 CT Proposed Legislation Regarding Children’s Mental Health Assessment 02/04/2013
National Home Education Legal Defense responded to a proposed piece of legislation in the CT General Assembly introduced by Sen. Toni Nathaniel Harp, 10th Dist. and Rep. Toni E. Walker, 93rd Dist.
The bill is Senate Bill 374.
It states:
“AN ACT REQUIRING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR CHILDREN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 10-206 of the general statutes be amended to require (1) each pupil enrolled in public school at grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 and each home-schooled child at ages 12, 14 and 17 to have a confidential behavioral health assessment, the results of which shall be disclosed only to the child’s parent or guardian, and (2) each health care provider performing a child’s behavioral health assessment to complete the appropriate form supplied by the State Board of Education verifying that the child has received the assessment.
Statement of Purpose: To provide behavioral health assessments to children.”
NHELD responded to the introduction of this legislation by writing:
NHELD does recommend that all parents should be aware, and keep track, of Proposed Senate Bill 374.
The bill does not specify anything about allowing any social services agency to become involved in your child’s healthcare. It simply states that the fact that an assessment was done will be provided to the State Department of Education. While anything is always possible, right now it is only a proposed bill - that is, an idea that is written down. We don’t know what the final language of the bill will look like, or whether it will be voted on in committee, or on the floor of the House or Senate. We need to be careful in how we approach anyone about this at this time.
Right now, it remains simply as a proposed bill, with only two sponsors: Rep. Toni Walker, and Senator Toni Harp. Before a bill becomes a law, after it is proposed, it must go through a screening process whereby legislative leaders determine whether it should be raised before the appropriate committee. In this case, the bill has been referred to the Public Health Committee. It is in the screening process at this point. The bill cannot go any further unless the appropriate committee acts upon it at one of its meetings. If the committee does not act on it, the bill dies. The first action the committee could take would be to place it on its agenda to determine if it will be scheduled for a public hearing. After the public hearing, the committee meets to vote on whether it will get approved to go further for action on the floor of the House and the Senate. If it gets a “joint favorable” vote in the committee, then the bill is placed on the calendar of the House and Senate and the leadership then determines when to call the bill for a vote on the floor of the House and Senate. At any point in this process, the bill also could be amended. If the leadership does not call the bill for a vote, the bill dies.
Again, right now, it is too soon to tell what will happen with this bill. NHELD is watching it and will update you as we find out more information. You also can, and should, watch what happens to it by going to the state’s website, clicking on the legislative branch, and then type in the bill number in the appropriate box. The agenda for the committee meetings are posted 24 hours before they meet. The Public Health Committee meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The committee’s public hearings also are scheduled on those days. The committee must post notice of the agenda for the public hearings five days in advance of the hearing. Keep on top of it, and watch other potentially harmful bills as well. Each of us must do our part to protect our freedom.
Attorney Deborah G. Stevenson
Attorney Deborah Stevenson - Executive Director of National Home Education Legal Defense. – www.nheld.com or email : info@nheld.com
Judy Aron - Director of Research, NHELD – imjfaron@sbcglobal.net
I don't want those nut-jobs anywhere near my daughter - WE determine the best treatment for her, she is OUR reponsibility, (she is doing quite well, thank you).
STAY AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER YOU LEFTIST HACKS!!!
What’s next? The Final Solution for those deemed unfit?
Where the hell are the congressional republicans?
If there is no mandate to do the same for all public school students, who have by far the most socially distorted behavior, then this is an ulterior tactic to register and then control the HS population.
Does Daddy own any guns?
How does mommy feel about the government?
Do they ever use curse words when watching the news?
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.