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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/15/2007 11:37:47 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Louisiana--Update on TOPS Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== June 15, 2007 Louisiana--Update on TOPS Bill Dear HSLDA members and friends: Thank you for all of your calls. The TOPS bill, House Bill 634, unanimously passed the House late yesterday. At this time no more calls are needed. The bill will now be sent to the Senate and we will update you when any action is required. Under this bill home study students would only have to score 1 point higher than public school graduates on the ACT in order to be eligible for the various Louisiana TOPS awards. Currently a student who has completed an approved home study program and was enrolled in the program no later than the end of the 10th grade is eligible for any of the various TOPS financial aid awards if he or she scored 2 points higher than the score required for public school students. However, the current law also has a sunset provision which would cause the law to roll back to the earlier requirement that a home study student score 3 points higher. House Bill 634 will make this change permanent and make it possible for homeschool students to be eligible for TOPS aid if they score at least 1 point higher than the total required for public school students. While the bill would not completely remove the requirement the homeschool students score higher to be eligible for the same awards, this bill moves the TOPS eligibility requirements in the right direction. Sincerely, Thomas J. Schmidt HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Have you ever yelled into the wind, only to hear the sound of your voice blown back at you? It's hard to be heard in the midst of a storm. Trying to influence federal legislation is much like yelling to be heard while standing in a fierce wind. Yet when 80,000 voices join together, they become a powerful force that cannot be drowned out. Join HSLDA to be heard above the tempests that threaten homeschool freedoms. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1939 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
