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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/9/2008 4:51:53 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Florida: Miami-Dade County Schools Sends Misinformation |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Florida: Miami-Dade County Schools Sends Misinformation May 9, 2008 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Recently Miami-Dade County Schools sent a letter which contains two erroneous pieces of information. First of all, they gave a July 1, 2008, deadline to submit the annual evaluation. The actual law does not require the evaluation to be submitted on any particular day as long as it is submitted within one year of the original notification. The other inaccurate information concerns the district's review of your portfolio. The letter cannot give a blanket fifteen day notice to all homeschoolers. I have been working with the homeschool law in Florida for 23 years and the original legislative intent was to provide a mechanism for the school district to check on homeschool families if they had evidence or probable cause that the family was not in compliance with the law. I have been working with the Florida Department of Education, and they agree that these two statements are inaccurate. Furthermore, the Department of Education learned that Miami-Dade County Schools does not intend to enforce the July 1, 2008, deadline or to review any portfolios whatever. At this point, our recommendation is that you ignore their letter and simply send in your evaluation or test scores within one year of the establishment of your homeschool. We have written to the Miami-Dade School District asking for a correction. You may view a copy of this letter here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=5109 Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
