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| Date: From: Subject: | 10/6/2005 2:40:34 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Defending a Family's Right to Privacy at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Missouri--Defending a Family's Right to Privacy at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Dear HSLDA members and friends: On Monday, October 10, 2005, James R. Mason, III, Litigation Counsel for Home School Legal Defense Association, will be defending a homeschooling family's right to family privacy at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Kansas City, Missouri. As reported in the January/February 2005 Court Report ( http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/v21n1/v21n110.asp ), HSLDA has been defending the Fitzgerald family's right to privacy for almost three years. The Fitzgeralds had withdrawn their son, Sean*, from public school after years of disagreement with the school over the provision of special education services. When they started homeschooling Sean, they had his special needs privately evaluated, and they decided to obtain private special education services for him. The school district, however, demanded that the parents permit a public school evaluation for special needs, even though it admitted that it could not force the family to accept any actual services from the public school. The case is now before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, where HSLDA is arguing that the school district and the trial court have misinterpreted the federal special education law by ordering them to submit to a public-school evaluation for services they don't want and cannot be forced to accept. No evaluation has occurred yet. Please pray that God will protect the family's right to privately homeschool their son. Oral argument will be held at the Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse at 400 E. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri, at 9:00 a.m. if you would like to attend. Sincerely, James R. Mason, III HSLDA Litigation Attorney *name changed to protect privacy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Extreme makeovers are for extreme circumstances... Most homeschools don't need an extreme makeover, but there is something to be said for attention to detail and recognition of accomplishments. Watch the media and you'll soon see that not everyone wants home educators and homeschooling to look good. HSLDA works hard to shed light on the good work of home educators so it's obvious that we don't need someone "making-over" our homeschools. Join HSLDA and help us show the world that we're fine as we are . . . thank you! More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1943 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
