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| Date: From: Subject: | 9/11/2006 11:32:39 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Alabama--School Districts Threaten Truancy Charges |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== September 11, 2006 Alabama--School Districts Threaten Truancy Charges Dear Alabama members: School districts in at least two counties in Alabama have threatened to file truancy charges against all church school students in their respective counties. In late August, public school officials in Marion and Cherokee counties sent letters to all church schools in their area, insisting that the school administrators provide proof of nonprofit status. The letter from Cherokee County also demanded that the schools provide a letter from a sponsoring church indicating that the church is located in Alabama. The letters threatened to file truancy charges against all of the students enrolled in the church schools unless the information was provided. This is an important development since the vast majority of parents providing home instruction to their children in Alabama do so through enrollment in church schools. I have sent letters to the public school officials on behalf of a number of church schools advising them that Alabama law does not require church schools to provide any such information to school districts. I also told them that there was no legal basis to assert that a child attending a church school which has not provided such information is truant. Any HSLDA member families threatened with truancy charges based on their church school's refusal to provide this type of information should contact us immediately for assistance. We are prepared to defend our member families from such unwarranted charges. In the meantime, parents with children enrolled in a church school should be sure that they have filed the required church school enrollment form with the local public school superintendent. Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Are you "organizationally challenged"? Finding the time to organize your home, your schedule, and your silverware drawer is difficult enough. We have something that will take the pressure off as you organize your homeschool. Home School Minder will help with your schedule, lesson plans, grades, transcripts, and much more . . . everything except those missing socks. Free to families who join HSLDA for two years. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1935 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
