Homeschoolers dial Rell for state ed law changes

Editor's Note: Deborah Stevenson of NHELD worked
with one of the families in this situation. She will be speaking at the Nw England Homeschool & Family Learning Conference, July 15,16 in Boxborough, MA.


LINDA CONNER LAMBECK lclambeck@ctpost.com


HARTFORD — The governor's office fielded about 60 phone calls Wednesday from homeschoolers unhappy with the way local school officials are treating them.

The call-in, orchestrated by a national home education association with Connecticut roots, asked Gov. M. Jodi Rell to direct school districts to stop requiring letters of intent from homeschoolers and eliminate misleading language in the state law that allows home schooling.

"From what I understand, it went well," said Deborah G. Stevenson, a Southbury attorney who is representing a Bridgeport homeschooling family. Stevenson is also director of National Home Education Legal Defense. She has yet to hear from the governor.