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2/7/2008 4:36:27 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA--Your Calls Needed to Support Homeschool Legislation

====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 7, 2008 HSLDA--Your Calls Needed to Support Homeschool Legislation Dear Utah HSLDA Members and Friends: Senator Mark Madsen, a supporter of homeschool freedom in Utah, has introduced Senate Bill 37, which is now before the whole Senate after receiving a favorable report from the Education Committee. The bill would require school districts to respond to homeschoolers within 30 days of receiving a homeschool affidavit. Because current law does not specify a deadline, school districts sometimes wait a long time to issue exemption certificates. Senate Bill 37 changes this. The legislation also mandates that homeschoolers have equal access to public school sports programs and gives the student's instructor (for homeschoolers, this would be the parent) the authority to certify academic eligibility to participate. HSLDA takes a neutral position on the sports access provision, but supports passage of the bill without amendment. ACTION: Please email or call your Utah state senator and ask him or her to pass Senate Bill 37 without amendment. To find your senator, you can use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox http://www.hslda.org/toolbox . You can also call the Utah Senate at (801) 538-1035. Thank you for helping preserve homeschool freedom in Utah! Sincerely, Michael P. Donnelly HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> "I saved my entire membership fee with one discount" "When I called Liberty to find out what kind of discount we could get, they told us we would 10% off our car insurance and 5% off our homeowner's insurance. What we will save is more than double what it costs to join HSLDA. With one child getting his driver's license this year, the savings will be a real blessing!" More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1108 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ======================================================================