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'No Schoolers': How Illinois’ hands-off approach to homeschooling leaves children at risk

June 9, 2024 | By BETH HUNDSDORFER & MOLLY PARKER, CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. It was on L.J.’s 11th birthday, in December 2022, that child welfare workers finally took him away. They arrived at his central Illinois home to investigate an abuse allegation and decided on the spot to remove the boy along with his…

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Bill would open Missouri public school sports to homeschool students

December 30, 2023 | By ANNELISE HANSHAW, Missouri Independent

A bill to allow home-educated students to participate in Missouri public school activities is back for the upcoming legislative session — and has been coupled with provisions rolling back state oversight of homeschooling families. Sen. Ben Brown, a Washington Republican, pre-filed a 52-page bill that largely resembles the version he sponsored that cleared the Senate…

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