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| Date: From: Subject: | 8/28/2003 4:05:31 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Maryland--"Home Cooking" in Verification Forms |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear HSLDA Member or Friend: Under a new regulation adopted this summer, homeschool families are to annually verify whether they intend to continue homeschooling their children. Many counties have written forms for this, but they include a generous serving of "home cooking," such as asking for information to which they are not entitled, misleading families as to what the regulations require, and mischaracterizing the form as an "update." Action Recommended We recommend that you DO NOT use your school system's form for your annual verification. Send a letter instead. It can be as simple as, "Dear Mr. Smith: We intend to continue homeschooling our children, Andrew, Beth, and Sarah, this coming year." If you wish to use your school's form, we recommend that you write "N/A" in all spaces that call for information that is not required. Background In their annual verification, families are not required to provide any information except whether the children will continue to be homeschooled. The verification can be communicated in person, by phone, by letter or by email. No form is required. The verification is to be submitted to the superintendent (for families using the portfolio option) OR to the umbrella program (for families operating under the umbrella option). The first year a child is homeschooled, the family should file the "Home School Notification Form" prepared by the Department of Education (available on our web site). This is filed with the local superintendent. This has also been known as the "Assurance of Consent" form. It is not to be filed again. To protect freedom, we must insist that government agencies stay within the bounds of the law. Thank you for standing with us to protect freedom. Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney {{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 Email: 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 email 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 email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email 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 email 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 email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
