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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/12/2008 3:46:55 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Homeschool Family Faces $7,000 Fine |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can only do so much... No one can be everywhere at once. And you can't be at home, teaching your children, while monitoring your state's legislature. Through electronic legislative services, HSLDA is monitoring state legislation for you -- watching and listening carefully for any proposed laws that could erode your right to homeschool. Join HSLDA today-we'll watch out for your future. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1942 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ##................................................................... >> Legislation in Your State If you live in Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee or Utah, click the link below for important news about legislation that could affect your freedom to homeschool. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4633 ..................................................................... Topics for February 12, 2008: 1. Homeschool Family Faces $7,000 Fine 2. What's Wrong with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? 3. Family Accused of Having 'Too Many Kids' 4. Famed Apologist Arrives on Campus 5. 'Home School Heartbeat': The Tightwad Homeschooler 6. Generation Joshua: Plan Now for Summer Camp ..................................................................... 1. Texas: Homeschool Family Faces $7,000 Fine Home School Legal Defense Association helped a family refute charges that they were homeschooling unlawfully, but that wasn't the end of the case. Because of the mistake, the family was told they owed thousands of dollars in fines. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4744 ..................................................................... 2. What's Wrong with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? This week on ParentalRights.org, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is a topic for discussion. Find out how this international treaty could jeopardize your rights as a parent. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4757 ..................................................................... 3. Texas: Family Accused of Having 'Too Many Kids' When a social services worker brought ridiculous accusations against a family with seven children, HSLDA stepped in to help. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4745 ..................................................................... 4. Patrick Henry College: Famed Apologist Arrives on Campus Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, world renowned apologetics expert, and author of more than 40 books in five languages on the issues of human rights and biblical apologetics, joined the PHC campus this spring. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4746 ..................................................................... 5. 'Home School Heartbeat': The Tightwad Homeschooler Textbooks, math manipulatives, lab equipment--the costs of homeschooling look steep, but there are ways to rescue your budget. Join Mike Smith as he highlights some of these cost-cutting ideas. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4747 ..................................................................... 6. Generation Joshua: Plan Now for Summer Camp Would you like your teens to discover how they can play a vital role in impacting our nation for Christ in the civic and political arena? Consider the week-long GenJ summer camp. Whether your teens considers themselves political junkies or just average Americans, they will come away from camp with memories that will last a lifetime and the motivation to get and stay involved in the political process. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4748 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== February 11: The Independent Tribune, Kannapolis, North Carolina Concord Teenager Publishes Novel Based on Irish Ancestry http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4749 February 11: The News-Times, Danbury, Connecticut Young Bowling Stars Continue to Shine in Local Leagues http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4756 February 10: The Beacon News, Aurora, Illinois Home Away From Homeschooling http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4750 February 8: Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey Homeschooling no Longer Carries Stigma It Once Did http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4751 February 8: The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Homeschooled Swimmer Hopes to Make Big Splash http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4752 February 7: Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut Support for Homeschoolers in Children's Committee http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4753 February 7: The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado Fiddles, Folk, Faith Bond Family http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4754 February 6: Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Nebraska Heineman: I'll Veto Homeschool Testing Bill http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4755 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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