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Newtown panel to finalize recommendations to Malloy, some parents upset

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The panel of experts reviewing the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown is officially wrapping up its work after two years.

Members of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission were scheduled to finalize their report to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday. The group of experts released a 256-page draft report in early February, calling for new gun control measures, detailed school building standards and a new approach to mental health care.

Malloy created the panel following the shooting, which left 20 first graders and six educators dead.

Malloy said he is unsure sure which recommendations might be considered this during this legislative session. The timing is awkward, considering the General Assembly has already been meeting for two months and the deadline to submit bills has passed.

 

Some Connecticut parents who home-school their children believe some recommendations from the Commission could infringe on their parental rights.

They're particularly worried about language that references individual education programs, or IEPs, for home-schooled kids.

The parents believe the proposal could lead to mandatory IEPs for all home-schooled children. But commission members said they're only recommending that such plans for students needing special education services be followed for home-schooled students if they previously had an IEP in public school.

Various parents' rights organizations recently joined forces to form the new Parental Rights Coalition. They oppose other measures, including proposals for mandatory mental health screenings of schoolchildren.

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