Homeschooled kids: Did they fall through the cracks?

The parents of four Montgomery County children are under arrest for failing to register their home-schooled kids with the school district seven years ago. How was this allowed to happen and who should be held accountable?

Fonda-Fultonville schools superintendent didn't become aware of the situation until mid-December. "School districts as a rule do not have detectives out to see who is or who isn't in school," he said. "We count on parents to follow the law, which is all kids between six and 16 are educated."

Under state law, a superintendent must approve a home schooling curriculum, but according to investigators, the Cresseys never submitted one in the seven years they lived in the district. 

Police began investigating the Cressys after they received an anonymous tip, and the Cresseys were arrested on charges of child endangerment. 

So who is at fault? Montgomery County Undersheriff, Jeffery Smith says, "The parents. It's not the school's fault. The schools are doing the right thing, trying to get the schools, parents to file the right paperwork, which they have now."

According to Hoffman, the Cresseys have now submitted a homeschooling curriculum and he has approved it.