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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/24/2003 3:51:45 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Texas--More Legal and Legislative Deveopments |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- January 24, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, More developments in Texas... LEGISLATION Home School Legal Defense Association continues to monitor the Mandatory Kindergarten bill, S.B. 30. This will lower compulsory attendance from six years old to five. At the present, we believe that the budget shortfall in Texas will work in our favor to ensure that this bill is killed in committee. HSLDA Legislative Counsel has been working to make sure that this bill does not go anywhere. Another bill has been introduced which is favorable to parent's rights. H.B. 374, introduced by Representative Dutton, states: "A parent may use corporal punishment for the reasonable discipline of the parent's child." Representative Dutton would like to add the language to the child welfare code. We believe this is a positive advancement of parent's rights, affirming the right of parents to perform Biblical discipline. SIMMONS CASE DROPPED In Rosharon, the Simmons family (name changed to protect the family's privacy) was faced with a judgment of the court requiring them to use an accredited curriculum to homeschool their teenage son. If they did not produce an accredited curriculum by January 24, the justice of the peace was going to pursue further sanctions against the family. Attorney Tom Sanders represented the family in court and was able to convince the judge to drop his requirement that the curriculum be accredited. The family has obtained a regular homeschool curriculum and is now free to teach their teenage son at home. We are thankful for the outcome of this case. Watch for next week's Texas Weekly Update to read about further progress on these and other items, including the child welfare initiative. Thank you for standing with us for family and freedom in Texas. Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 E-mail: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an e-mail with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: {{Email}} - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an e-mail from the e-mail address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your e-mail address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid e-mail address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this e-mail address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any e-mail sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send e-mail to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also e-mail staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
