Wed 2 Jul 2008
North Carolina task force recommends homeschool oversight beyond age of compulsory attendance
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A state task force that examined the death of a 4-year-old boy who died in 2006 has called for more oversight for children taught at home.
The N.C. Department of Social Services made the recent recommendations in its report on the death of Sean Paddock, a Smithfield boy killed by his adoptive mother. Lynn Paddock, who was convicted of first-degree murder and felony child abuse in the case, home schooled her seven children.
The report calls for the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education to increase monitoring of home schools and for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to track school status of children who die under suspicious circumstances.
The minimum age of compulsory school attendance in North Carolina is seven.
