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| Date: From: Subject: | 11/27/2006 10:54:37 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Maine--Private Schools Ordered to Give Information to Recruiters |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Maine--Private Schools Ordered to Give Information to Recruiters Dear HSLDA members and friends: The Maine Commissioner of Education recently sent a letter to private school administrators telling them they must give college and military recruiters access to their students' contact information under some circumstances. We believe the commissioner is in error. We have requested a response from two officials in the commissioner's office. The commissioner's statement stems from what appears to be a misunderstanding of what a "local educational agency" is. Administrative Letter 11 is correct in saying "local educational agencies" must give student information to college and military recruiters under some circumstances. The apparent error is in asserting that private schools are "local educational agencies" and therefore subject to this requirement. Two federal statutes define "local educational agency" to include only public entities (20 USC 7713 and 7801). Until we receive a definitive response, we advise the administrators of non-approved private schools to disregard the commissioner's October 19, 2006 Administrative Letter 11. Scott Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney Link to Administrative Letter 11: http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/2007/adlet/07adlet011.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What do you look like when you get out of bed? It's hard to look our best all the time. HSLDA works to present homeschooling in an engaging, dynamic, and informative light to the public news media. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
