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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/2/2004 9:34:17 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Iowa--Child Welfare Reform Signed by Governor |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== June 2, 2004 Iowa--Child Welfare Reform Signed by Governor Dear HSLDA members and friends: The strategy worked! The child welfare reforms we advocated were not identified as homeschool issues and were not attacked as partisan bills. As a result, HB 2327 passed both chambers and was signed by Governor Vilsack on May 11, 2004. No doubt many legislators did not realize the importance of these amendments. They will give HSLDA and innocent families throughout the state leverage to keep social workers out of their homes. The bill requires child protective services workers to be trained in their duty to protect the statutory and constitutional rights of those they are investigating, and requires child protective services personnel to advise individuals subject to a child abuse and neglect investigation of the complaint or allegation made against them. HSLDA deals with cases on a daily basis where a social worker is investigating an innocent homeschool family because of false allegations. These tips, often supplied by those holding a grudge against home education, are often investigated aggressively. Social workers frequently demand to conduct physical inspections of homeschool children or to interview very young children outside the presence of their parents. This law will keep social workers properly chained by the Constitution and they will be liable for making certain they respect the parental and Fourth Amendment rights of families. Special thanks to the sponsor, Representative Dan Boddicker, for his work in guiding this bill through the Legislature. We also want to thank Justin LaVane, with the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators, who secured the sponsor for this important legislation. Sincerely, Chris Klicka Senior Counsel Home School Legal Defense Association ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> ''I saved my entire membership fee with one discount'' ''When I called Liberty to find out what kind of discount we could get, they told us we would 10% off our car insurance and 5% off our homeowner's insurance. What we will save is more than double what it costs to join HSLDA. With one child getting his driver's license this year, the savings will be a real blessing!'' More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1108 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
