Confirmation vote on child advocate exposes homeschooling rift

CT Mirror – Wednesday, March 25, 2026
By Mark Pazniokas

Christina Ghio was endorsed Wednesday by the House of Representatives as the state’s child advocate in an unexpectedly partisan vote that reflected deep divisions in the General Assembly over regulating homeschooling.

Ghio’s testimony in support of a controversial homeschool oversight bill at a public hearing two weeks ago turned a routine confirmation debate into a brief, if heated, defense of home schoolers and denunciation of Ghio.

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