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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/14/2005 5:03:36 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Virginia--More Calls Needed to Support $250 Tax Deduction for Homeschooling |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 14, 2005 Virginia--More Calls Needed to Support $250 Tax Deduction for Homeschooling Dear HSLDA members and friends: We need your calls now to your Delegate to ensure passage of Senate Bill 1239. If this bill becomes law, Virginia homeschoolers will be able to claim a $250 deduction on their state income taxes. We sent an earlier E-lert urging people to support Senator Russ Potts's legislation, SB 1239, which allows homeschool parents to take a $250 tax deduction for homeschool expenses on their Virginia income tax. However, we did not know that legislative services had made a technical change which prevented homeschoolers from obtaining the tax deduction. Therefore, SB 1239 passed the Senate without the legislative language that would have allowed homeschoolers to receive the tax deduction. As soon as we discovered the problem, Chris Klicka called Delegate Scott Lingamfelter and asked him to reinstate homeschoolers by offering an amendment in committee. In the House Finance Committee hearing today, Delegate Lingamfelter proposed HSLDA's amendment to allow homeschoolers to receive the $250 tax deduction. His amendment passed the committee this morning, 15-0. It will be voted on by the full House of Delegates sometime in the next week or two. ACTION REQUESTED Call the Constituent Viewpoint switchboard to leave a message for your Delegate. You can use (800) 889-0229 if you live outside the Richmond area or (804) 698-1990 if you live in Richmond. Please give your Delegate this message: "Please support Senate Bill 1239, as amended by Delegate Lingamfelter. This will benefit parents and children and promote education in our commonwealth. Parents deserve a tax break for educational expenses." If you do not know who your Delegate is, use our legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=2103 You do not need to identify yourself as a homeschooler, but only as a parent. Thank you for your calls. Sincerely, Chris Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Remember the last time you wrote a term paper? Research can be grueling-digging through archives, wading through articles, conducting interviews. But if it's related to homeschooling, you can relax a little. There's a good chance that you'll find what you're looking for in HSLDA's bimonthly Home School Court Report. Providing in-depth, insightful articles on much of what affects the world of homeschoolers, the Court Report is a must-read for the serious homeschooler. This publication is provided free to each HSLDA member. 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