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Brazil Parents Sentenced, Spark Homeschooling Legalization Push

6/25/2026

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Julio Audato and Ieda Denardi were convicted of intellectual neglect for homeschooling their daughters in São Paulo and received a 50-day prison sentence.
The judge cited the girls’ dislike of hip-hop and folk music as neglect and said the curriculum omitted mandatory gender, sexuality and tolerance instruction.
The case spurred congressional hearings urging a 2022 bill to legalize homeschooling for 70,000 families after prosecutors reported no neglect, citing piano achievements.

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Story summary

Julio Audato and Ieda Denardi were convicted of intellectual neglect for homeschooling their daughters in São Paulo and received a 50-day prison sentence.
The judge cited the girls’ dislike of hip-hop and folk music as neglect and said the curriculum omitted mandatory gender, sexuality and tolerance instruction.
The case spurred congressional hearings urging a 2022 bill to legalize homeschooling for 70,000 families after prosecutors reported no neglect, citing piano achievements.