'All the children were homeschooled': Michigan AG, lawmakers call for home school accountability

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(Detroit Free Press) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a Democratic state lawmaker are calling for more state oversight into homeschooling following recent reports of child abuse where officials say homeschool helped conceal mistreatment by caregivers.

Michigan has virtually no requirements to make sure homeschooled children are really receiving an education. Advocates for the education method say parents should not have to be held accountable by the government for making decisions about their own children. But a case out of Clinton County announced Monday by Nessel highlights why some requirements should be in place, she said.

At school, officials can sometimes spot when a child faces abuse at home. In the Clinton County case, Nessel's office charged two couples — Jerry and Tamal Flore and Tammy and Joel Brown — in what is described as a conspiracy to financially profit from adopting nearly 30 children, some of whom they are accused of abusing. ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2023/12/06/michigan-ag-lawmakers-call-for-homeschool-oversight-amid-abuse-cases/71810884007/