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| Date: From: Subject: | 7/10/2007 4:45:48 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Supreme Court Levels Playing Field |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Topics for July 10, 2007: 1. Washington Times Op-ed--Supreme Court Levels Playing Field 2. HSLDA Attorney Receives Capt. John Smith Quadricentennial Award 3. Annual Assessment Woes 4. Homeschool Discrimination Averted at Art Festival 5. Two Districts Demand Records 6. Daytime Curfew Complaint Dismissed 7. 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Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4243 ..................................................................... 2. HSLDA Attorney Receives Capt. John Smith Quadricentennial Award Chris Klicka, Senior Counsel for the Home School Legal Defense Association, is the recipient of the Capt. John Smith Quadricentennial Award. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4244 ..................................................................... 3. New York: Annual Assessment Woes The end of the academic year often brings frustration for some New York homeschoolers, as they struggle with public school officials over their annual assessments. HSLDA firmly supports homeschoolers as they seek to comply with this onerous regulation. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4245 ..................................................................... 4. Louisiana: Homeschool Discrimination Averted at Art Festival HSLDA helped prevent potential discrimination against homeschoolers by reminding art festival officials of their obligation to open the public event to all students. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4246 ..................................................................... 5. Kentucky: Two Districts Demand Records Homeschoolers in two counties contacted HSLDA after receiving letters from public school officials demanding copies of attendance records, report cards and curriculum. We informed officials that there was no legal basis for their demands. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4247 ..................................................................... 6. California: Daytime Curfew Complaint Dismissed A California judge dismissed a citation against an HSLDA member's child alleging that he'd violated Los Angeles County's daytime curfew ordinance. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4248 ..................................................................... 7. 'Home School Heartbeat': Homeschooling Your Child with Dyslexia Is your child struggling to read? He or she could have dyslexia. On this series of "Home School Heartbeat" with Mike Smith, HSLDA Special Needs Coordinator Dianne Craft offers insight on this common "learning glitch," and explains some helpful ways to successfully educate your dyslexic child. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4249 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== July 3: Lincolnshire Free Press, United Kingdom Six of the Best! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4250 July 2: The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Carlisle Student Wins Congressional Award Gold Medal http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4251 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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