Parental Rights are on the line.

I’m not sure this is the wisest political strategy, but rather than narrowly addressing concerns about a small number of homeschool families, the Education Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly appears poised to revise educational standards for all school-aged children — whether they attend public schools, private schools, or are homeschooled — in order to reach what they view as a difficult-to-regulate group: homeschoolers.

You can find your legislator through your Election Center and see how they voted on this proposal here.

The Education Committee has raised a concept bill (which will be filled in with language later) affecting the “educational equivalency” standards in Connecticut. This is the Representative Dauphinais also issued a bold statement during the hearing . . . “I urge every single homeschooler out there in this state to testify on this bill. We don’t know what it is about, but come out and be a voice for your children and how you are educating them.”

To that end, we encourage all homeschooling families to follow the good work of Connecticut Homeschool Network on social media and tune in each day this session for their daily update. There has already been a call to prepare testimony and become familiar with the committee process. I find their information very helpful along with the organization TEACH. Each group is “manned” by some of the strongest, smartest and fearless women I know.