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HSLDA News
A complete list of HSLDA news documents are listed below. For more information contact HSLDA Media Relations at (540) 338-8663 or media@hslda.org.

| Teacher Tax Deduction Not for Home Schoolers
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| Montana Governor Applauds the Work of Home Educators
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| Home Schooler Wins International Diplomacy Essay Contest
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| House to Vote on Permanent Ban of Marriage Tax Penalty
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| Home Schoolers Among <I>Wild Kingdom</I> Contest Winners
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| Anti-Home School Legislator Defeated
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| Home Schooling Has Come a Long Way
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| Don't Link Home School With Abuse
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| Watching the History Channel Equals Child Abuse?
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| Florida School Districts Hassle Home Schoolers
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| Lessons From Home
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| Michigan Home Schoolers Investigated Based on Anonymous Tip
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| Reminder: Essay Contest Ends May 31
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| Home Schooling Pioneer Paul Lindstrom Dies At Age 62
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| Home Schoolers Find Intact Dinosaur Skeleton
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| New York District: Our Test or Else
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| Following the Law Makes Life "Difficult" for NJ School District
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| National 'Bees' Buzz With Home Schoolers
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| Home Schooler Wins National Geography Bee
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| Home Schooling Works With Math Too!
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| Home School Team Wins National High School Mock Trial Championship
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| South Carolina Diploma Bill Dies
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| Home Schooler to Compete in National Junior Miss Pageant
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| Phantom Caller Returns
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| Congressmen Introduce National Standardized Driver's License Bill
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| Students Meet for Argument
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| Florida Revives Government Nanny Bill
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| Nevada May Remove School of Tomorrow Curriculum From State Approved List
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| The Boundaries of Parental Authority
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| Home Schooled Mock Trial Team Makes It To National Competition
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| Superintendent Complies With Law "Under Duress"
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| HSLDA Continues to Fight Mandatory Preschool in DC
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| Arrested Home Schooling Mom Vindicated
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| Home Schoolers Flood the New York State Capitol
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| Virginia DMV Discrimination Ends
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| Ohio Superintendent Requires School Enrollment
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| HSLDA Prayer Request
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| Fox News: First Wave of Homeschoolers Comes of Age
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| HSLDA Fights for the Rights of Home Schoolers in College
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| Pennsylvania Drops Charges Against Mom
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| Vermont Upholds Denial of Home Schooling
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| Czech Republic Home Schoolers Thankful for U.S. Support
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| Texas Court Issues Summons for Withdrawing Child
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| Campaign Finance Bill Signed by President Bush
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| NCHE Director Cautions Against Vouchers
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| Home Schoolers Unite to Defeat State Legislation
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| Class for Attorneys Identifies Religious Families as Likely Child Abusers
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| Home School Community Gains Access To Scholastic.Com
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| Bright Spots: Golf and Home Schooling Go Together For California Family
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| North Dakota DPI Ignores Federal Testing Exemption
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| Special Report: Terrorist Attacks Renew National ID Debate
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| School Censuses Concern Home Educating Families
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| Home Schooling Unfairly Linked To Abuse Story
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| CNS News Details Connecticut Home School Struggle
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| Red Cross Thanks Home Schoolers
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| Urgent Action Needed to Stop H.R. 2356
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| Some Legislatures Continue to Strike at Educational and Family Freedom
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| Announcing HSLDA's John & Abigail Adams Fellowship
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| HSLDA Prevents Social Worker from Traumatizing Missouri Family
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| National Center Web Page Introduces New Feature
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| Vermont Bill Would Eliminate Notification "Bermuda Triangle"
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| Michigan Article Highlights Home School Freedoms
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| Tribute to a Home School Pioneer
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| No Warrant, No Entry in Rhode Island
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| Ohio Group Calls Home School Plan Illegal
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| Campaign Finance Bill Update
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| Wellston Ohio Schools Continue To Push the Limits of State Law
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| NCAA Clarifies Policy on Religious Courses
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| Afghan Children's Fund Update
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| Home Schoolers Eligible for SEEP Participation
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| County Official Sends Letter of Apology
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| Veteran Loses Benefits for Home Schooling Son After Age 18
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| It's Tax Season Again!
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| North Carolina Supreme Court to Hear Arguments
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| Wisconsin Connections Academy: A Trojan Horse
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| New Hampshire Home Schoolers Help Defeat Dangerous Bill in Committee
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| Hawaii Elementary School Ignores the Law
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| Virginia Paper Backs SOL for State College Diploma
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| South Dakota Keeps Spanking Legal
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| California District Demands Unauthorized Information
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| Leading researcher links educational freedom with higher performance
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| Washington State Law Would Stampede Parents’ Rights
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| Kentucky's Proposed Regulations Gain Support
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| Home Is Where The Accountability Is
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| Once Again, a Pennsylvania District Ignores the Rules
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| Patrick Henry College Announces Summer Teen Leadership Camps!
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| Alaska Charter School "Benefits" May Have Strings Attached
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| Ohio District Backpedals on New Policy
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| Illinois Family Protected from Prosecution
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| Colorado District's "Payoff" of Home Schoolers Fails
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| Nevada District: Oh, You Mean THIS Letter!
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| Pennsylvania District Adds "Requirements" to Law
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| Model State Emergency Health Powers Act Raises Concern
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| Kansas Newspaper Letter Concerns Home Schoolers
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| Congress Finally Yanks Goals 2000 Spending
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| Final Education Bill Contains Protections for Home Schoolers
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| Rhode Island District Demands Quarterly Reports
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| New York District Threatens Educational Neglect Charge
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| California Social Worker: "Home Schooling, Spanking Illegal"
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| Iowa Home Schooling Family Avoids Wrongful "Probation"
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| Articles Highlights Home Schoolers Success in Higher Education
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| HSLDA Files Brief in North Carolina Social Worker Case
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| Public School-Assisted Home Schooling Not Always First Choice
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| New York School District Responds Late
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| THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARDS: America's Best Kept Secret
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| Nine Tennessee Counties Misunderstand Home School Law
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| Montana County Seeks Unauthorized "Registration"
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| Vermont Commissioners of Education Listen to Home Schoolers
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| Medical Benefits Restored to Arizona Home Schooler
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| West Virginia County Confuses Home School Options
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| Massachusetts District Jumps the Gun
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| Truant Officer Hassles Illinois Family
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| Republic Protects Freedoms of Minority
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| Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Admits Mistakes
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| Michigan Contact Leads to History Lesson
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| Missouri's Interpretation of "School Term" Gives More Freedom
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| Keeping an Eye on Maine Regulatory Changes
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| Social Worker Takes Issue with the U.S. Constitution
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| Indiana Districts Seek "Contracts" from Home Schoolers
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| New Department of Education Secretary Controls Fiscal Leaks
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| Home Schoolers Make Good Hires
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| White House Persuades Military Against Regulation of Home Schoolers
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| Illinois Home Schoolers Investigated for “Children Playing in Yard”
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| How Far Away from Ohio is Far Enough?
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| Microsoft Invites Home Schoolers into Its "Office"
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| Top junior duck stamp winners home schooled
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| Congressional Committee Declares Home School Provisions Vital to Final Education Bill
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| Illinois School District Threatens Home School Family
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| Senate Bill To Allow Educational Savings for Home Schoolers
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| Georgia County Requires Proof of High School Diplomas
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| Kansas Prosecutor Stirs Up Trouble Again
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| Georgia Regents Finally Level College Entrance Playing Field for Home Schoolers
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| New York District Rejects 35 Home School Plans
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| HSLDA Helps Resolve Arkansas Educational Neglect Investigation
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| Rhode Island School District "Explains" Home School Denials
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| Rhode Island School District Arbitrarily Denies Home Schooling Programs
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| Home School Foundation Website Launch Features Testimonies and Special Funds
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| Home Schoolers Encouraged to Participate in National Veterans Awareness Week
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| New Mexico Social Worker's Investigation Defused
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| California District Returns "Tardy" Affidavits
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| Massachusetts Superintendent Backs Down on Home Visits
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| Arizona Scholarship Tax Credit a Success
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| West Virginia Retracts Excessive Information Requests
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| Colorado – Revisiting Sargent School District's "Payoff" Gambit
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| HSLDA Helps a Member Join Girl Scouts
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| Bipartisan Congressional Group Urges "Day of Reconciliation"
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| Home School Legal Defense Foundation Included in Combined Federal Campaign
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| Social Worker Case Will Affect Family Privacy in Three States
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| Maryland School District Backs Away from Racial Profile Demand
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| Widows Curriculum Scholarship Fund is Working
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| HSLDA Suggests Guidelines to Prevent Social Services Abuse
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| Home schooling is an effective alternative to the public school system
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| Key Home School Issues Still Pending in Conference Committee
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| Home Schoolers Give President Bush Donations for Afghan Children
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| President George W. Bush Sends Greetings to Home School Leaders
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| West Virginia Superintendent Acknowledges Mistake
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| Delaware State Child Care Booklet Requires "Licensing" of Home Schools
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| Members Helping Members
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| HSLDA Defends California Members from Illegal Intrusion
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| Washington School District Forces Home Schoolers to Seek "Approval"
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| Massachusetts Superintendent Drops Demand for Meetings
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| Florida School District Corrects Form
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| HSLDA Argues Equal Access Case in Maryland
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| As California Settles One Problem, a "Creative" District Introduces Another
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| Tennessee County Asks for Enrollment Verification
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| Increase in Calls for Mandatory Preschool
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| Gallup Poll Shows Growing Acceptance of Home Schooling
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| Police Threaten Michigan Family with Arrest for Home Schooling
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| Daytime Curfew Defeated in Ohio
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| California Single Mother Wins Civil Rights Case
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| Massachusetts Families Battle School Districts
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| New York School Districts Increase Pressure
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| Colorado School District Adopts New Tactic
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| NAEP vs. an Independent Alternative Test
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| HSLDA's Response to Questions Regarding Our Participation in Education Bills H.R. 1 and S. 1
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| Our Lives Have Changed, But God Has Not
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| San Francisco Withholds Private School Forms
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| New! Discounts for HSLDA Member Families
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| Excessive 'Requirements' Imposed in Illinois
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| 'No Phone Number, No Approval,' Says Massachusetts District
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| HSLDA Combats Misapplications of Florida Law
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| Pennsylvania District Demands Meeting to "Approve" Home Schooling
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| Military Enlistment of Home Schoolers Rising
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| Invasion of a Missouri Family's Home Averted
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| Virginia County Makes Unlawful Demands on Home Schoolers
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| Pennsylvania Superintendent Backs Down
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| Unlawful "Visits" Mandated by Massachusetts School District
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| New Director of Media Relations Arrives at HSLDA
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| Home Schoolers Continue to Score Higher on SAT
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| Home Schooling Allowed Only in "Unusual Circumstances"
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| Senator Jesse Helms Announces Retirement
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| HSLDA Welcomes New National Center Director
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| Pennsylvania Principal Invents New Requirements
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| Ohio School District Backs Down from Unauthorized Request
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| Hawaii School Issues Unreasonable Demands
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| Black Home Schoolers Face Off Against Public School Advocates on National TV
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| HSLDA Welcomes New Litigation Team Member
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| The Strange Case of the Candy Bars
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| Washington Times Columnist Comes Out Against "Home Skooled" T-shirts
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| Michigan Family Harassed by Social Service Agents
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| Tennessee Prosecutor Urges Public School Order
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| U.S. Overseas Military Families Rein In Regulatory Efforts
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| Georgia to Abandon SAT II Admissions Requirement
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| NCES Releases National Math Test Results
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| South Carolina: Dangerous Legislative Threat to Home Schooling Families
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| NCES Releases Report on Home Schooling
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| California: HSLDA Represents Mom in Hearing
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| Virginia: More Problems in the Old Dominion
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| Delaware: A Problem in the Making?
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| Education Spending—A Comparison of Three Plans
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| Colorado: Hostile Investigation Dropped After HSLDA Intervenes
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| California: HSLDA Defending Family Threatened with Reduction of Services
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| Ohio: Problems in Lebanon School District
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| Calls Needed--Prohibit State Assessments Of Home Schoolers
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| Social Security Inspector General Testifies Before Congress
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| Education Conference Committee Complete
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| "Unsatisfactory" Intent Accepted After HSLDA Steps In
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| Testing Confusion Reigns!
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| It's That Time of Year Again
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| Child's Rash Leads to Police Investigation
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| Some Home Schoolers Excluded from Education Savings Accounts
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| HSLDA Fights For Privacy Rights
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| Campaign Finance Reform
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| Citizen Training 2001
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| HSLDA Responds to Unauthorized School District Demands
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| Missouri: HSLDA Defends Family from False Allegations
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| Massachusetts: Westford Policy Violates State Law
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| Senate Selection Advances Education Proposal
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| The NEA Drops Homosexuality Resolution
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| Charges Dropped Against Home School Family
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| Congress Stalls on Education Bill
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| U.S. Department of Education Undergoes Reform
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| California: Social Worker Lawsuit Settled
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| Tennessee: HSLDA Steps In to Clear Up Confusion
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| National School-to-Work Office to Close
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| HSLDA Welcomes Blackstone Interns
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| Michigan: Bill Introduced to Raise Compulsory Attendance Age
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| Government Grab for Young Children
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| Bush Administration Taps Domenech for Position
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| The Clinging Tentacles of Public Education
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| Senate Passes Education Bill-HSLDA Explains Home School Protections
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| Ohio: "Just a 'Small' Change in Our Form"
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| Pennsylvania: A Barrage of School District Harassment
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| Poll Finds Broad Support for Education Tax Credits
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| UN News Update
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| Persistent Education Achievement Gap
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| North Carolina: New Allegations Dredge Up Old Discipline
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| HSLDA Hosts First Constitutional Law Teen Camp
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| Maine: HSLDA Stops Department of Education's Public Disclosure of Private Information
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| Defending the Right to Privacy in the Public and Private Sector - Different Debate for Privacy Advocates
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| HSLDA's Membership Department Begins Busy Season
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| Florida: Governor Bush Vetoes Government Nanny Bill
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| Kentucky: Victory in Truancy Case!
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| The Jeffords Switch — What Will It Mean?
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| Congress Passes Family Tax Relief
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| California: Are Your Children in a "Correct" Program?
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| Rhode Island: HSLDA Prevents School District from Imposing Unauthorized Testing
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| Texas: Child Released from Juvenile Detention
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| HSLDA: At a Conference Near You
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| H.R. 1 Passes the House
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| 83 Counts of Truancy Put on Hold
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| Hold that Baby! Have You Taken Your Parenting Class Yet?
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| House Deals with H.R. 1 Amendments—Should Complete Work Today
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| HSLDA Monitors Recent UN Activity
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| H.R. 1 Great for Home Schoolers, Mixed Bag for Public Schools
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| Heritage Foundation Examines Presidential Directives
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| School Harasses Home Schooling Family
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| District Tries to Enforce Illegal Requirements
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| Heritage Foundation Examines UN Convention Committees
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| Senate, House Resume Education Debates—An Update from Capitol Hill
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| Montana Home school student named winner in Boston Globe essay contest
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| House Education Committee Votes to Protect Home School Freedom—Further Action Pending
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| Home School SAT Scores for 1999 and 2000
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| Truant Children? Call the Social Worker!
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| Chick-fil-A Looking for Home Schooled Workers
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| Editorial Blasts Social Workers in North Carolina
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| West Virginia: Governor Signs Two-year Waiver!
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| Alert Update: Victory Report from Capitol Hill
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| Farris Attends Summit with House/Senate Leaders
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| National Home School Leadership Legislative Summit A Success
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| HSLDA Attends Education Leaders Council (ELC) - Hill Insiders Unsure of H.R. 1 Final Language.
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| An Isolated Incident . . . or Not?
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| Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Update
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| Education Bills Start to Move in Congress
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| Senate, House Move Closer to Action on Education Bills
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| Nevada Family Successfully Handles Hostile Investigation
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| Helping Our Members Resolve Legal and CPS Contacts
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| Heritage Foundation Gives Senate Ed Bill a Failing Grade; House Bill a B+
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| New York May Lighten Load on Home Schoolers
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| Taxpayer Watchdog Group Releases Ratings
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| April 16-20, 2001: Over 300 Members Contact HSLDA for Assistance
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| Senate Republicans ready to debate: Democrats holding out for more money
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| Unfavorable Ruling for Home School Families with Special Education Students
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| New Study Shows Money Alone Will Not Increase Achievement
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| Is this the Calm Before the Storm?
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| Home Schooling Family Receives Unexpected Subpoena
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| West Virginia Makes a Move Toward Permanent Freedom
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| HSLDA Examines the American Community Survey
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| National Report Card Shows No Improvement
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| Kentucky---Social Worker Says Home Schooling without Certified Teacher Illegal
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| President Bush Releases Budget
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| House Majority Leader Takes Stand for Privacy
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| Wrongly Jailed Mom Cleared by Missouri Court
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| Will Michigan Force State Testing on Home Schoolers?
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| Federal Court Protects Parents: Social Workers Blocked by Federal Order
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| HSLDA Attends Thank You Reception with John Ashcroft
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| Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Update
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| National Home School Leadership Summit a Success
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| HSLDA Visits Office of National Center for Education Statistics
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| HSLDA Weighs In on Administration's Education Plan
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| Civil Rights Suit Progresses: HSLDA Files Brief Against Discriminatory County
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| Respectfully relentless, home schoolers change state laws in New Mexico
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| Out of Jail, but Still in Court - Kentucky Litigation Continues
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| Voice of state organization guards home school freedom in Minnesota
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| Minnesota home schoolers defeat attempts at more regulation
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| Mississippi Mom Handcuffed for Home Schooling Gets Her Day in Court
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| HSLDA Asks Cheney about National Testing
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| Home School Lobbyists Target Freshmen and Military Committee Members
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| Louisiana Legislature Tries to Shut a Door on Home Schoolers
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| Crackdown on home schoolers
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| Warning concerning Waterville system
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| Home Schoolers Pleased with NC Court of Appeals Arguments
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| New Mexico home schoolers rally support for eliminating standardized test requirement
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| West Virginia home schoolers yearning and lobbying to breath free
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| Maine legislative committee votes unanimously for home school freedom
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| Mother Goes Free in Maryland
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| Home schooling under attack in Maine
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| Home School Legal Defense Association supports relief from unfair marriage penalty tax
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| Marriage Penalty Relief Press Conference Statement: Caleb Kershner, Manager, Federal Research and Policy and Erin Smith, fiancée
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| Ohio home schooler saved from criminal trial on unfounded truancy charges
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| New Jersey appeals court just says no to social worker home invasions
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| Ashcroft must be confirmed as US Attorney General
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| Home school mom not going to jail, Circuit Court Judge says
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| Dual-enrolled home schoolers now able to take college courses for no additional fee
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| Home school mom hopes for a fair hearing on Monday
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| Congress approves resolution for National Home Education Week
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| Home school family files civil rights case against Goochland School Board officials
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| Home schoolers win first, second, and third at National Spelling Bee
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| One Size Fits No One: What gets tested is what gets taught
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| Home Schoolers Take Special Needs Case to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Home schoolers file suit for false arrest
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| Home schoolers falsely arrested in Richmond County
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| Curriculum Scholarship Fund for Widows Established at Home School Legal Defense Foundation
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| Home School Freedom Award Goes to Congressman Hostettler
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| Marriage Tax Penalty Relief: Statement by Michael Farris, President, Home School Legal Defense Association
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| Calvert County home schoolers file suit against county commissioners
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| Farris named to Education Week’s 100 “Faces of a Century” list
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| Federal judge reinstates case against social worker
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| Discrimination ended against home schooler with disability
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| Candidates Bush, Forbes, Bauer, Smith and Buchanan to join national policy leaders at Proclaim Liberty HSLDA’s Conference and Rally at the Capitol, Sept. 23-24
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| Social workers learn that U.S. Constitution applies to child abuse investigations
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| House protects religious liberty—at least when money is at stake
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| Californians repeat as national home school debate champions
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| Supreme Court Upholds Constitution’s Original Intent.
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| HSLDA Website Named CNS “Site of the Week”
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| Home schooler is the 1999 National Geography Bee Champion
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| Home school academic advantage increases over time
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| Mike Farris to Join North Dakotans in Celebrating 10 Years of Legal Home Schooling
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| Judge strikes down unconstitutional Monrovia daytime curfew
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| “Clinton’s new child abuse program won’t work,” says experienced family rights advocate
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| Home schooling parents win seven-year court battle
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| Home schooling families can be thankful for gains made in the 105th Congress
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| Lynn home school parents challenge required home visits
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| ACT scores show home schoolers ready for college
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| House Subcommittee upholds principles of federalism.
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| Confusion over 800 number to Congress results in deactivation.
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| Religious Liberty: Only for the chosen few? By Michael Farris
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| War of the Roses: San Jose brothers’ debate teams finish first and second in national event
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| Opposition to the Religious Liberty Protection Act may be broad and bipartisan.
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| Two home schoolers finish in top nine Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee
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| Home schoolers are making their mark
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| One year ago at the spelling bee: Home schooler Rebecca Sealfon wins the 1997 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee
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| Monrovia daytime curfew case: oral arguments set for 9 a.m. Friday, May 22
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| Ohio home schooler wins second place in National Geography Bee. Albuquerque home schooler makes top 10.
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| Home schoolers to compete for National Geography Bee Championship
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