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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/7/2006 4:42:18 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA'S WEEKLY UPDATE-- Homeschool Grad Ordered Back to School |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Topics for March 7, 2006: 1. Harlan County Orders Homeschool Graduate Back to School 2. Rocky Transition to Rocky Maine 3. Fending Off Social Workers 4. Mounds View Brings Up the Rear 5. Legislative Flurry 6. April 1 Deadline Approaches 7. High School Coordinators Launch Blog 8. "Home School Heartbeat": Advice From Homeschooling Pioneers 9. Generation Joshua: On the Road with GenJ ..................................................................... 1. Kentucky: Harlan Orders Homeschool Graduate Back to School A Harlan County family contacted us after being threatened with truancy charges. Public school officials told the family to enroll their teenage daughter or face legal action. The greatest shock was that these officials had willfully ignored the fact that their daughter had already finished high school. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2891 ..................................................................... 2. Rocky Transition to Rocky Maine It took intervention by Home School Legal Defense Association lawyers to convince an Ohio principal that he no longer had jurisdiction over homeschoolers who had left the state. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2892 ..................................................................... 3. Wyoming: Fending Off Social Workers Home School Legal Defense Association attorneys intervened when rumors led to the investigation of a Wyoming family. A homeschooling mother confided to a friend that she was changing her child's curriculum. Not long afterward she received a call from a state social worker. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2893 ..................................................................... 4. Minnesota: Mounds View Brings Up the Rear The Mounds View School District in Minnesota keeps "insisting" that homeschool families turn in certain records or face the consequences. The Home School Legal Defense Association stands behind freedom-loving families that oppose this extra-legal requirement. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2894 ..................................................................... 5. Vermont: Legislative Flurry Vermont's law has become oppressive in the amount of paperwork it demands from homeschooling families. A bill working its way through the legislature could possibly help correct the problem. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2895 ..................................................................... 6. New Mexico: April 1 Deadline Approaches The Home School Legal Defense Association is advising New Mexico homeschoolers to take great care when attempting to comply with the state's confusing "registration" law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2896 ..................................................................... 7. High School Coordinators Launch Blog Join our high school coordinators as they share information via a new interactive format. Their informal, timely postings will be tailored to the specific needs and interests of homeschooling families with high-school age children. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2897 ..................................................................... 8. "Home School Heartbeat:" Advice From Homeschooling Pioneers This week, Michael Farris interviews three longtime homeschooling parents who are now grandparents. Whether you were home-taught yourself or are new to the idea, you'll gain tips that will help you teach effectively and raise your children to honor God. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2898 ..................................................................... 9. Generation Joshua: On the Road with GenJ Generation Joshua continues to grow rapidly nationwide. To continue to grow, GenJ representatives will be traveling to more than 100 different venues this spring, summer and fall. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2899 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== March 7: Mount Vernon News, Ohio Homeschool Curriculum Includes Newspaper http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2900 March 7: The Morning Call, Pennsylvania Bethlehem Area Drops Homeschooler Testing Plan http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2901 March 6: The Winnipeg Sun, Manitoba, Canada Homeschooling Has Its Benefits http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2902 March 2: WUSA Channel 9, Virginia Virginia Debates Home Schooling Requirements http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2905 March 2: Reuters Home-schooling Grows Quickly in United States http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2903 March 1: The Morning Call, Pennsylvania Board Delays Homeschooler Tests http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2904 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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