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| Date: From: Subject: | 9/18/2008 12:06:20 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Louisiana--Civil Service Public Hearing Rescheduled |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== September 18, 2008 Louisiana--Civil Service Public Hearing Rescheduled Dear HSLDA members and friends: The Lake Charles Fire and Police Civil Service Board has rescheduled the public hearing to Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. This public hearing will discuss the minimum education requirements necessary to be hired for a civil service position with the police or fire departments. This meeting has the potential to affect privately educated students, including homeschool students. As we mentioned in an earlier email, the civil service board will be hearing comments on whether to broaden the current education requirements required for civil service applicants. The current requirement is that an applicant must "have a high school diploma or a valid certificate of equivalency issued by a state department of education." The proposed amendments would provide applicants several ways to demonstrate that they have met the minimum high school graduation requirements necessary to receive a high school diploma as established by the state of Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The amendment would allow one of the following: high school diploma, high school transcript, certificate of equivalency, affidavit from the issuing high school, college diploma or college transcript. Your presence in support of this amendment will help future homeschool students who apply for a civil service position. Instead of having to get a GED, they should be able to provide their transcripts, diploma and/or affidavit from their private homeschool program. Please make plans to be there! ACTION SUGGESTED: Please come to the Lake Charles Fire and Police Civil Service Board public hearing at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 24. The public hearing will be held in the City Council Chambers in the Lake Charles City Hall on 326 Pujo Street. If you want to speak, you should be able to sign up at the meeting. We suggest that you urge the board to approve the amendments. You can identify yourself as a parent who privately educates your children and that alternative means of demonstrating the minimum high school graduation requirements should be supported. BACKGROUND: Through the hard work of a local attorney, Robin Williams, the State Civil Service Board revised the education requirement of the civil service exam. This was then sent out to all of the local civil service boards across the state for their approval. CHEF of LA and HSLDA are urging the support of these amendments as they should remove some hurdles that private school students, and the occasional homeschool student, have faced when applying for civil service positions. We understand that of the five members of the Lake Charles Fire and Police Civil Service Board, at least two of them have expressed opposition to these changes. Your attendance at this public hearing could have a big impact on whether this amendment is adopted or not. Please plan on attending! Sincerely, Thomas J. Schmidt HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can get a little latte or a lotta legal. With our new payment options, you can join HSLDA for as little as $9/month, less than the price of a cup of coffee a week. 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