Previous Issue Current Issue Next Issue About Search Archives Advertising VOLUME XV, NUMBER 2 - disclaimer - MARCH / APRIL 1999   C  O  N  T  E  N  T  S   Cover Story Daytime Curfew Invalidated in Monrovia Special Features Let the Debate Begin CAP Trainees March Fourth! Home Schooling Works: Pass It On! National Center Reports Federal Issues Update “Know Your Customer” Regs to be Withdrawn National Center Offers Military and College Admissions Packet NEA Opposes All That is Good for Families Across the States State by State Regular Features Active Cases Prayer and Praise Press Clippings President’s Page H  O  M  E     S  C  H  O  O  L  I  N  G     N  E  W  S     F  R  O  M AK · AL · CA · CO · DE · HI · ID · IL · KS · MA · MD · MI · MO · MS · MT · NE · NC · NH · NJ · NM · NV · NY · OH · SC · SD · TN · TX · VA · WI · WY Nevada Special Education Breakthrough     As Home School Legal Defense Association members will remember reading in last year’s Court Report, a federal judge in Nevada ruled that a member family’s child was not eligible for special education related services, e.g., speech therapy, because the child was home schooled. That case is now on appeal. However, Senate Bill 213, authored by Senator Ann O’Connell, would change the state’s policy in this area.     The bill provides that the local school shall provide special education and related services to children who are exempt from compulsory attendance because they are receiving their instruction at home. The bill further provides that those services can be provided at the home of the child. Home school children are to be treated as if they were enrolled in private schools within the school district for the purpose of eligibility in determination of services.     The bill also provides that the board of trustees of the school district shall authorize a child receiving home instruction to participate in a class or extra-curricular activity at a public school within the school district if (1) space is available in the class or extra-curricular activity; and (2) the child is qualified to participate in the class or extra-curricular activity.     While HSLDA does not take an advocacy position on public school access for home schoolers, we do strongly support the provision of the bill that would provide special education and related services for home school students in Nevada. As the bill progresses through the legislature, in all probability we will be issuing alerts so that home schoolers can call their elected officials and voice their support for S.B. 213. Additionally, we will keep our members up to date on the status of the bill.     At this time, our office sees no other bills that would directly affect home education or directly or indirectly affect parental freedoms in Nevada. We will continue to monitor the state legislature for amendments to S.B. 213 and any new bills so that we can protect freedoms of home schoolers in the Silver State.     HSLDA wants to express our appreciation to the Silver State Education Association in Reno for their partnership in monitoring state legislation and their advocacy before the legislature. For more information about how you can be involved in the organization, write Silver State Education Association, 888 West 2nd Street, Suite 200, Reno, NV 89503; call (702) 851-0772; or e-mail SSEA@powernet.net. Home Means Nevada by Bertha Raffetto “. . . Home means the hills. Home means the sage and pine. . .”

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