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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/13/2004 4:04:31 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Wyoming - Calls Needed To Protect Parental Rights |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 13, 2004 Wyoming - Calls Needed To Protect Parental Rights Dear HSLDA members and friends: House Bill 88 is a 50 page document that would make many changes to Wyoming's child abuse and neglect system. HSLDA and Wyoming homeschool leaders have been monitoring this bill for months. Thanks to the hard work of homeschoolers in Wyoming and the Wyoming homeschool legislative watch committee, several much needed changes were made to this bill in committee on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Unfortunately, the bill still needs to be amended to bring it into compliance with a new federal law that requires social workers to be trained about the rights of parents. Action Requested: Please call your own representative (to find your representative, use HSLDA's legislative toolbox http://www.hslda.org/toolbox) and ask him or her to amend House Bill 88 to require training for social workers. Say, "Social workers must be trained to protect the Fourth Amendment rights of parents. Federal law requires it! Please amend House Bill 88 to protect parental rights." Background: Homeschoolers across the country worked hard to pass the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003 last year. It requires social workers to have training on the rights of parents. HSLDA's model language spells that out and makes sure that social workers are trained in the legal and constitutional rights of parents including their right to the privacy of their home pursuant to the Fourth Amendment. Homeschool leaders have discovered that the training Wyoming social workers currently receive via the "CPS Core Training 2004" program does not indicate any specific training in the legal rights of parents. At this time, there is no indication that Wyoming is in compliance with federal law. Unless you call, Wyoming legislators are unlikely to amend House Bill 88 to mandate the training now required by federal law. Thank you for your effort to protect parental rights in Wyoming. Sincerely, Scott Somerville 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. ====================================================================== | |
