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| Date: From: Subject: | 8/24/2005 4:39:11 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Maine--Assistant Superintendent Goes Beyond the Law |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Maine--Assistant Superintendent Goes Beyond the Law Dear HSLDA members: Believing she had to do it because of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Assistant Superintendent in School Administrative District 9 recently mailed letters to families asking for private information about their children, including social security numbers, race, health, receipt of special education, parent's occupation, doctor, and custody information. We contacted her and explained that neither the No Child Left Behind Act nor anything else requires her to try to gather this private information from homeschool families who are not enrolled in any public school program. She immediately apologized and assured us she would promptly send out a letter of correction. Unless your child is enrolled in a public school program, we recommend that you disregard this request. There is no obligation to respond. You can help protect freedom by insisting that proper boundaries are maintained between individual privacy and government inquisitiveness. Reminder: September 1 is the due date for submitting a letter to your local superintendent and the Commissioner of Education stating that you intend to continue homeschooling your student, and enclosing your student's year-end assessment, if this applies to you. No other information needs to be included. You are required to keep a copy of these items until the homeschool program ends. We recommend that you mail these items by certified mail, and staple the green postal receipt to your file copy when it arrives. Homeschooling at the high school level can be tremendously rewarding. However, if you're not sure you can do it, we'd like to help. Homeschool veterans Becky Cook and Diane Kummer have joined the HSLDA staff to provide encouragement, ideas, and a helping hand to parents with questions about homeschooling at the high school level. You can contact them by calling HSLDA at (540) 338 5600 or via email at info@hslda.org. Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> 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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