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Panel unanimously backs substitute that removes affidavit requirement and child-abuse language from homeschool statute
Summary
The committee unanimously recommended the second substitute to HB 209, which eliminates the recurring affidavit notice requirement for home educators and removes language in the homeschool statute that had led some districts to require background checks; sponsors and legal advocates said child-protection statutes remain intact and unchanged.
The House Education Committee unanimously recommended the second substitute to House Bill 209, a measure that removes the annual affidavit/notice requirement for parents who choose to homeschool and strips a passage from current homeschool statute that had led some districts to treat homeschool parents as if they were subject to caregiver background-screening requirements.
Sponsor Representative Nicholeen Peck said the change stems from a 2023 statutory insertion (statute cited as 53G-6-204 in testimony) whose placement next to…
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