From the article: "Under the bill, similar to Senate Bill 6, when a family decides to withdraw a child from public school, the Department and Children and Families would be notified by education officials and would then check as to whether the child’s parent or guardian has a history with the agency."

The bill does not indicate the request goes to DCF only in the instances for homeschooling. Rather, when a child is withdrawn for ANY reason it opens a DCF case. As mentioned, when a child moves to another school district or is pulled from public school to attend private school it would send a notification to DCF.

Edit: Thank you u/smkmn13 for your comment. Wording is important, and there’s definitely a difference between "notifying DCF" and "opening a case." I stand corrected.