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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/5/2003 5:11:58 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New York--June 1-7 Declared Home Education Week |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- June 5, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, The week of June 1-7, 2003, has been declared to be "Home Education Week" by Governor George E. Pataki in a resolution that was recently adopted by the New York state legislature. The resolution recognized that Loving Education At Home, Inc. (LEAH) is a grassroots homeschooling support network that helps families statewide receive encouragement and resources for educating and directing their families. LEAH will be hosting the 19th Annual Statewide Convention at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York, on June 6-7, 2003. The legislators also reaffirmed with this resolution that New York recognizes the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. It further states that homeschooling is a legitimate and viable educational alternative. The resolution gave tribute to all of the hard working parents who sacrifice of themselves in order to provide good values and a great education to their children through homeschooling. Have a great Home Education Week! For more information about the 19th Annual LEAH Home and Family Conference, please contact LEAH at 315-637-4525, email convention@leah.org, or visit http://www.leah.org . The full text of the Home Education Week resolution is posted below. Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel *** LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION memorializing Governor George E. Pataki to proclaim the week of June 1-7, 2003, as Home Education Week in New York State WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize the return of homeschooling as an alternative choice to serve the pre- college educational needs of the community with diligence and compassionate commitment; and WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to memorialize Governor George E. Pataki to proclaim the week of June 1-7, 2003, as Home Education Week in New York State; and WHEREAS, Loving Education At Home, Inc. (LEAH) is a grassroots homeschooling support network that helps families statewide receive encouragement and resources for educating and directing their families; this group will host the 19th Annual Statewide Convention at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York, on June 6-7, 2003; and WHEREAS, Most children in the first two centuries of America's history received their pre-college training at home; notable Americans who were "homeschooled" included: George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Alva Edison, Douglas MacArthur, Franklin Roosevelt, Patrick Henry, John Marshall, Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson; and WHEREAS, New York State recognizes the fundamental right and critical importance of parents to direct the upbringing and choice of education for their children; the State further recognizes homeschooling as a legitimate and viable educational alternative; and WHEREAS, Nearly 40,000 of an estimated 1 million homeschooled American students were given the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills or the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency, and their parents were asked to complete a questionnaire about the homeschool experience; and WHEREAS, This study concluded that homeschoolers test higher than their counterparts at public and private schools, and the gap between achievement examination scores widens between them each year after homeschooled students reach the equivalent of the fifth grade; and WHEREAS, Research has shown that homeschoolers on average do better than the national average on standardized achievement tests for the elementary and secondary grade levels; recently released statistics demonstrate that homeschoolers tend to score above the national average on both their SAT and ACT scores; and WHEREAS, As studies consistently demonstrate, home educated high school graduates offer an academically successful and socially diverse background; homeschoolers' strong work ethic and high moral values contribute to their success in college; and WHEREAS, More and more colleges and universities are recognizing their unique capabilities and circumstances; in light of the proven success of home education at the elementary, secondary, and post- secondary levels, the HSLDA recommends that colleges adopt specific, written, homeschool admission policies; and WHEREAS, LEAH portrays homeschoolers as having hard working parents that sacrifice of themselves and usually survive on one income to give good values and great education and attention to their children; and WHEREAS, The network of 150 local LEAH Chapters currently serves over 3,700 families; and WHEREAS, Research demonstrates that homeschooling compares favorably to both public and private/parochial education; the growing track record of homeschool graduates also points to the bright future of these children, and of our society, which will reap the benefits from the years of these endeavors; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to memorialize Governor George E. Pataki to proclaim the week of June 1- 7, 2003, as Home Education Week in New York State; and be it further RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to The Honorable George E. Pataki, Governor of the State of New York, and Rich Stauter, President, LEAH. {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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