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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/3/2006 4:01:48 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Family Dragged into Court During Holidays |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> "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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ...................................................................... Topics for January 3, 2006: 1. Homeschool Family Dragged Into Court 2. Home Owners Association Threatens Homeschool 3. Homeschool Graduate Told to Get a GED or be Fired 4. School District Distributes Unauthorized Inquiry Form 5. Attendance Officer Retreats from Jail Threat 6. Learn Constitutional Law with Michael Farris 7. "Home School Heartbeat"--Teaching Music ...................................................................... 1. Illinois: Homeschool Family Dragged Into Court An Illinois family that was homeschooling according to state law was wrongly charged with truancy. An unsympathetic judge ordered the family to send their child to public school, but a visit with the district superintendent might result in the case being dropped. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2757 ...................................................................... 2. Texas: Home Owners Association Threatens Homeschool The Covent family was astonished one day when they were told that their homeschool was a violation of their Home Owner's Association Covenant and that they were required to cease homeschooling immediately or face a lawsuit. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2745 ...................................................................... 3. Illinois: Homeschool Graduate Told to Get a GED or be Fired In November, Richard, a young homeschool graduate who also completed four years of college, obtained a job at the same company as his father. Everything went well at work until a few months into his employment. He was told by a member of the management that he "must get a GED or be fired." Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2746 ...................................................................... 4. Michigan: School District Distributes Unauthorized Inquiry Form The Montcalm Area School District sent two Home School Legal Defense Association member families a "Home Schooling Inquiry" letter. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2747 ...................................................................... 5. Michigan: Attendance Officer Retreats from Jail Threat After the local school district disregarded all petitions by the Lewis family asking for accommodation of their son's health problems, the family started homeschooling in October. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2748 ...................................................................... 6. Learn Constitutional Law with Michael Farris Don't forget to register for the spring semester of "Constitutional Law Online," taught by Michael Farris, Chairman and General Counsel of HSLDA and President of Patrick Henry College. This 18-week Internet-based course explores the history of our legal system from a biblical perspective. The first session begins Jan. 9. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2756 ...................................................................... 7. "Home School Heartbeat"--Teaching Music Not only does studying music open up the world of art to a child, but it also improves thinking skills by exercising both sides of the brain simultaneously. Mike Smith explains how you can use music in your homeschool to develop your students' self-confidence, abstract reasoning skills, and aptitude in other subject areas. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2749 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== January 3: Belleville News-Democrat, Illinois University-model Christian school planned http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2750 December 30: The York Dispatch, Pennsylvania Districts working to include homeschoolers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2751 December 27: Bangor Daily News, Maine Home-schooling families flock to 4-H http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2752 December 27: Argus Leader, South Dakota Legislators might close loophole in truancy law http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2753 December 21: The Age, Australia Parents rail at new state regulations http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2754 December 21: Victoria Herald Sun, Australia Pressure on Home Students http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2755 FEATURED HSLDA PerX - WORLD Magazine ====================================================================== HSLDA and HSF Friends of Home Schooling is pleased to announce that we have teamed up with WORLD magazine to offer you a 16% discount off of the one year (50 issues) subscription price to WORLD Magazine. 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