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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/6/2003 5:36:50 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Vermont--Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in HSLDA Case |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- March 6, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Home School Legal Defense Association General Counsel, Michael Farris, will be defending Vermont homeschoolers from over-regulation by the Department of Education (VDE) before the Supreme Court of Vermont in the In re S.M. appeal. Oral arguments are scheduled for 10:00 AM on March 13, 2003, at the Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont. The issue in this appeal is whether the State of Vermont may require more information on its forms than the Vermont homeschooling statute requires. The statute requires the submission of "independent professional evidence on whether the child is handicapped." Instead of allowing the parents to merely certify through a professional of their choice that their child is not handicapped, the State has insisted that parents must also submit information on the professional's method of screening and recommendations for further screening. This effectively converts a "notice" statute into one giving the VDE approval authority based on its own interpretation of the "independent professional evidence." HSLDA is calling on the Vermont Supreme Court to stop the bureaucratic creep toward more invasive regulation of homeschooling through the use of broadly worded state forms. The Legislature entrusted the evaluation of children for potential handicaps to Vermont professionals. It did not intend to allow VDE bureaucrats to substitute their judgment for those of teachers and doctors chosen by the parents. This case has been specially selected by the Supreme Court to be presented at its annual oral arguments at Vermont Law School, in Royalton, Vermont. The briefs in this case will be printed and distributed to all the law students at Vermont Law School. The oral arguments will be open to the public. We encourage you to attend and to bring other homeschoolers with you. We solicit your prayers as Mike Farris prepares to present our arguments. Very truly yours, Jim Mason HSLDA Litigation 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
