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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/19/2004 4:51:57 PM Home School Legal Defense Association South Carolina--Committee Action on Driver's License Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 19, 2004 South Carolina--Committee Action on Driver's License Bill Dear HSLDA members and friends: Good news! Yesterday both the K-12 Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Public Works and the full Committee adopted amendments to Senate Bill 988 removing language threatening to homeschool students. Specifically, no longer does the bill require that homeschool students be enrolled in a GED curriculum, only that they be enrolled in a homeschool. There is to be no determination of satisfactory academic progress by a student before a driver's license is issued. Finally, the requirement of school enrollment was reduced from age 18 to 17 to coincide with the already-existing compulsory attendance age in South Carolina. We are thankful for the changes to the bill which now goes to the full House of Representatives for a vote. We expect that the House will pass the bill in its current form. The bad news is that even after the House adopts the favorable amendments, the legislative process is not over. The bill must return to the Senate for concurrence with the House action. The information we have is that the Senate sponsors are going to fight to keep the provisions requiring that students demonstrate satisfactory academic progress before being issued a driver's license. When this time comes, we will send out another E-lert asking you to contact your senators. For more information on this legislation, go to: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1573 Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can get a little latte or a lotta legal. With our new payment options, you can join HSLDA for as little as $8/month, less than the price of a cup of coffee a week. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1109 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
