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| Date: From: Subject: | 9/15/2005 3:56:42 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Missouri - School District Seeks to Find Homeschoolers |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Missouri - School District Seeks to Find Homeschoolers Dear HSLDA members and friends: The Lexington school district in Lafayette County is trying to persuade homeschool families to file an annual notice of intent. The district recently placed this announcement in an area newspaper: "Lexington Home-School Students: please notify annually the Superintendent of Schools...in writing ... if you have elected to home-school your child or children." Notifying the school district of your intent to homeschool is not required, and we strongly advise against it. School districts sometimes promote the voluntary notice because it gives them an opportunity to receive more taxpayer money. If a family files a notice that complies with Missouri Statutes 167.042, the school district will be entitled to a certain amount of additional funding. The requirements include: notice in writing by September 1, signature of the parent, name and age of each child, home address and phone number, and name of each person teaching in the homeschool. Some Missouri school districts "hunt" for homeschool children, and we suspect they have requested and received tax funds for all the homeschool children they "found," even if the requirements of the statute were not met. If you do not want to fund your local public school any further, please do not submit a notice of intent to your school district. Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What's the shortest distance between two homeschoolers? HSLDA's elert service! When threats to homeschool freedoms arise, you want to be able to respond. We make it possible. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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: ##ToAddress## - 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. ====================================================================== | |
