Connecticut: Homeschool History
Jun 12th, 2007 by Annette
Judy Aron, at Consent of the Governed, has a post up detailing the History of Homeschooling in Connecticut.
Be sure to click over to this interesting read about a state that has no homeschool law.
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In each of the subsequent revisions of the code of laws, now known as the Connecticut General Statutes, some changes or additions were made. However, throughout the changes, one thing remained constant - the fact that it is the duty of parents to educate their own children. This basic obligation is outlined today in the first sentence of Connecticut General Statute 10-184. The title of that statute is, “Duties of parents.” It reads:
“All parents and those who have the care of children shall bring them up in some lawful employment and instruct them or cause them to be instructed in reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, geography, arithmetic, and United States history, and in citizenship, including a study of the town, state and federal governments.”
Clearly, instruction of children by parents is not a parental “choice”; it is a parental “obligation.” Parents do have a choice, however. They may decide not to undertake their obligation and instead send their children to public or private schools.
Throughout the history of this state, parents retained total control over the type of education they provided during instruction at home. No state statutes or administrative regulations were adopted in any way “regulating” home instruction.
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