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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/27/2002 5:47:43 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--March 27, 2002 |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== Topics for March 27, 2002 1. Home School Community Gains Access To Scholastic.Com 2. Bright Spots: Golf and Home Schooling Go Together For California Family 3. Home Schoolers Unite to Defeat State Legislation 4. Virginia CLE Class Identifies Religious Families as Likely Child Abusers 5. Michigan District Harasses Home Schoolers 6. New York Family's Tardy Notification Instigates Social Service Investigation ...................................................................... 1. Home School Community Gains Access To Scholastic.Com Through the patient efforts of many home school parents, Scholastic Inc., the largest publisher of children's books in the world, has begun giving home school parents the access to resources and discounts it gives to public school teachers. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=374 ...................................................................... 2. Bright Spots: Golf and Home Schooling Go Together For California Family As Rachel Schwartz begins to compete at the top levels of junior golf, her family finds it to be a great opportunity to spread the word about the virtues of home education. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=375 ...................................................................... 3. Home Schoolers Unite to Defeat State Legislation HSLDA has worked with home schoolers in Connecticut and Oklahoma to defeat two bills that could have seriously hindered home school freedom. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=376 ...................................................................... 4. Virginia CLE Class Identifies Religious Families as Likely Child Abusers It is a shame that social workers do not understand that Christian families provide the most solid foundation for children and a loving environment. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=377 ...................................................................... 5. Michigan District Harasses Home Schoolers In early March, a member family in the Minot area alerted Home School Legal Defense Association to an attempt by the Department of Public Instruction to circumvent the new federal law exempting home schoolers from taking state assessment tests. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=378 ...................................................................... 6. New York Family's Tardy Notification Instigates Social Service Investigation Even though the concern was merely over missing paperwork, a social worker insisted on launching a full-scale investigation on one Bronx home schooling family. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=379 {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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