HB 5468 faced intense opposition, led by a large and vocal body of homeschooling families who see regulations as an attack on their rights.
Theo Peck-Suzuki
Theo is CT Mirror's education reporter. Born in New York and raised in southeast Ohio, Theo earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Brown University and a master's from the University of Chicago. He served for two years in an AmeriCorps program at Rural Action, a community development organization based near his hometown, before returning to school to study journalism at Ohio University. He has previously covered children and poverty for WOUB Public Media in Athens, Ohio.
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Spring peeper, herald of warmer weather, could become CT state amphibian
CT House advanced a bill tying the tiny messenger of winter’s end indelibly to the state’s identity by a vote of 136-0. The Senate is next.
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CT school cellphone ban passes House with bipartisan support
HB 5035, which would impose a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in Connecticut public schools cleared the House and now heads to the Senate.
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CT homeschool bill passes House, heads to Senate
H.B. 5468, a controversial bill that would put some regulations on homeschooling, passed along party lines just before midnight on Thursday.
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House Speaker ‘confident’ CT schools will get $170M boost this year
Whether the money will fit into the formal budget or come out of a $500M pot intended for tax rebates remains to be seen.
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Dems rewrite homeschool bill in bid to win over hesitant colleagues
The rewrite of House Bill 5468 would remove a requirement that homeschooling families submit evidence of instruction to the state each year.
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Pressed for immediate aid, Lamont launches study on education
The order invites attention to CT’s success in providing public education and its failure to equalize opportunities in a state of extremes.
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Legislative committee quietly strips homeschool language from priority bill
Lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee passed the bill Monday. A section that would regulate homeschooling was removed before they voted.
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Financial literacy courses are expanding in CT, thanks to new requirement
Schools across CT are working to meet the new graduation requirement. Stamford got a boost from the city’s well-established finance sector.
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Hartford may have violated Sheff settlement with student recruiting, CT says
CT State Department of Education informed Hartford Public Schools that their efforts to win back students may violate the landmark settlement.
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CT educators alarmed as lawmakers advance budget without key boost for schools
The ECS grant for public schools hasn’t been adjusted for inflation since 2013. Lawmakers just proposed keeping it flat for another year.
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No Kings rallies in CT draw thousands, old and young, in protest
CT state officials decried Trump initiatives such as the SAVE America Act and the war in Iran at the No Kings rally in Hartford.
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School crisis drills in CT get rules and standards with new law
School crisis drills until now have been developed and implemented on a district-by-district basis with few explicit guidelines in CT law.
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UConn graduate assistants call for higher pay, lower fees
Amid bargaining talks, members of UConn’s Graduate Employees Union gathered at the student union in Storrs Tuesday and marched across campus.
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CT homeschool bill advances in split committee vote, despite vast opposition
The bill, which drew vast opposition from homeschooling families, moved forward, but four Democrats joined all GOP members in voting against it.