Homeschooling Bill Sparked by Child Abuse Case

0:00It's April 8th. Welcome in. This is Hartford News today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. A 12-year-old girl named Eve Rogers died in her infield home back on March 18th, found naked from the waist down after being homeschooled for over a year. Her stepfather, Anthony Federline, got arrested Thursday for first degree sexual assault and risking injury to a child when DNA from a sexual assault. Hit matched his. He's a former school bus driver who just lost his job and faces $1 million bail after Core Monday. This tragedy is fired up the fight over House Bill 5468 in Connecticut, which wants school districts to alert child welfare folks. Whenever a kid pulls out for homeschooling, they check parents against abuse registries and protective orders, plus parents would need to prove the child's getting real education through. Porfolios or tests. Just pushing the bill say, homeschooling's lack of checks lets abusers hide kids from teachers who spot trouble, while most families do it right.

1:02Opponents, including parents and kids' adherings, stress how public schools failed them with bullying and bad learning and they love homeschooling. Flexibility and safety. Police are still waiting on a toxicology report for ease exact cause of death, and Federline had a hitting criminal record from Massachusetts despite passing bus company checks. This echoes other cases, like an 11-year-old malnourished girl in New Britain last fall, and a Waterbury man held captive for years under. Home school cover. Lawmakers are hashing out tweaks, with some Democrats eyeing lighter rules on education proof to close abuse gaps without overstepping good families, as the bill heads toward a vote.