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| Date: From: Subject: | 8/30/2006 11:54:37 AM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--We Need You to Help Register Voters Next Month |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: The freedom HSLDA allows me to have as I homeschool is wonderful! They handle the law and I get to dedicate the time to my daughter. - National City, CA HSLDA members since 1993, our membership is just as important to us as our children's curriculum. Thank you HSLDA for all you do on our behalf! - West Valley, NY More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1941 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Topics for August 30, 2006: 1. We Need Your Help to Register Voters Next Month 2. Southern Baptists Seek Support for Public Schools Exodus 3. Washington Times Op-ed--U.N. Treaty Trumps Parental Rights 4. Culpeper Retracts Remediation Request 5. HSLDA Challenges School's Attempt to Impose Deadline 6. Investigation Closed after Attorney Call 7. Bedford 'Truant' on Curriculum Requirement 8. Berlin Backtracks on State Law 'Requirement' 9. Constitutional Law Course Registration Deadline Approaching 10. 'Home School Heartbeat': Mommy Wars ..................................................................... 1. We Need Your Help to Register Voters Next Month The elections are a few weeks away, but there is still time to register many new voters. Generation Joshua and the National Center for Home Education have designated Sunday September 10 and 17 as "National Voter Registration Sundays." Please consider joining this effort to help sign up new voters at your church. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3245 ..................................................................... 2. Southern Baptists Seek Support for Public Schools Exodus Building on the success of the past few years, homeschooling advocates are asking their fellow Southern Baptists to continue their efforts to support an exit strategy from public schools by submitting a resolution at upcoming state and regional conventions. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3246 ..................................................................... 3. Washington Times Op-ed--U.N. Treaty Trumps Parental Rights Could a 10-person panel of foreign nationals dictate, with the full weight of U.S. law, how we raise our children? This idea seems far-fetched, even ridiculous, but, unfortunately, it is possible. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3247 ..................................................................... 4. Virginia: Culpeper Retracts Remediation Request When standardized test scores showed one member family that their children were learning more than enough to satisfy state law, they were shocked to find that a local public school official disagreed. It turned out he had made a mistake. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3248 ..................................................................... 5. S. Dakota: HSLDA Challenges School's Attempt to Impose Deadline A telephone call to the school superintendent's office cleared up the matter: Officials agreed they had no legal basis for requiring homeschoolers to file by a certain date. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3249 ..................................................................... 6. New Jersey: Investigation Closed after Attorney Call When a social worker cleared a member family of several false allegations, she then tried to investigate the family's homeschool. Our attorney intervened, and the investigation ended. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3250 ..................................................................... 7. New Hampshire: Bedford 'Truant' on Curriculum Requirement Apparently unaware of recent changes to state law, a public school official issued a deadline for a homeschooling family to submit their curriculum plans for the year. He changed his mind after our lawyer pointed out his error. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3251 ..................................................................... 8. New Jersey: Berlin Backtracks on State Law 'Requirement' A homeschooling family contacted us when their local public school district unlawfully insisted that they submit an annual notice of intent. Public school officials backed down after we reacquainted them with what the law actually states. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3252 ..................................................................... 9. Constitutional Law Course Registration Deadline Approaching Register now for the fall semester of Constitutional Law online, taught by Michael Farris, Chairman and General Counsel of HSLDA and Chancellor of Patrick Henry College. The class will begin September 5, 2006, and conclude February 18, 2007. If you've always wanted to learn more about the history and background of our legal system, from a biblical perspective, or if you're looking for a good U.S. government class for your homeschooled students, then this class is for you. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3227 ..................................................................... 10. 'Home School Heartbeat': Mommy Wars What motivates couples to make significant financial and lifestyle changes so that one parent can stay home with the children? Why is the stability of a child's home life so important in the early years? On this week's Home School Heartbeat, Mike Smith discusses the challenges and rewards of stay-at-home parenting. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3253 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== August 29: Frederick News-Post, Frederick, Maryland Going Back Home Again ... for School http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3256 August 27: WorldNetDaily.com eBay Prohibits Textbooks for Homeschool Teachers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3254 August 22: The Leavenworth Times, Leavenworth, Kansas Homeschoolers Create Support Network http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3255 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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