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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/24/2006 10:12:05 AM Home School Legal Defense Association New Hampshire - No Homeschool Exemption in Senate Bill 268 |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Dear HSLDA members and friends: I have received a report that some homeschoolers are being told there is a "homeschool exception" in Senate Bill 268. This is incorrect. I expect someone came to this incorrect belief through not understanding how the legislature uses special typefaces on bills. When the legislature prints a bill, it uses bold italic typeface to indicate new language the bill would add to an existing statute. It uses "strike through" (i.e., a line drawn through a word) to indicate language in an existing statute the bill would remove. Language already in a statute that the bill will not change is indicated by plain font. Most email programs do not indicate bold italic or strike through font. If someone cuts and pastes sections of the bill into an email, the special typefaces disappear. It will all look the same, and a person not aware of this would probably conclude everything in the bill would be new language. To see the bill with the correct typefaces and see what is to be added, removed and kept, copy and paste this website into your browser: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2006/SB0268.html You will clearly see that what someone is calling the "home school exception" is simply language that has always been in the law. It is not an exemption from compulsory attendance law, it is an exemption from public school attendance! This exemption is what allows us to homeschool our children under the homeschool statute and regulations instead of attending public school. It is not new, and it does not exempt us from compulsory attendance. This bill will raise the compulsory attendance age for everyone, including homeschool families. Please continue to call members of the committee! (See our email dated 1-20-06 for details online at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2794 ). Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Can you call your attorney at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning? Our members can get in touch with their attorney even after business hours, when they have a legal emergency. Wouldn't you like this level of protection? More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
