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| Date: From: Subject: | 10/2/2008 3:59:06 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Delaware--Free Driver Education Threatened |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== October 2, 2008 Delaware--Free Driver Education Threatened Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: The Delaware Secretary of Education has proposed an amendment to the current administrative regulations which would strip homeschoolers of the right to free driver education. We urge you to write the Department of Education today and express your opposition to this proposal, as the deadline for submitting comments is this coming Monday, October 6. 14 Delaware Administrative Code, Part 540 Driver Education is the target of the proposed amendment. It now provides for free driver education for homeschool students during the summer months, but all of this will change if the State Board of Education approves the proposed amendment. Homeschoolers will have to pay tuition for driver education (reported to be $362), while public school students will continue to receive free instruction. Your comments must be presented in writing. Calls will not be considered, and it is unlikely that any emails will be considered. That's why it's so important that you take time to write and mail a letter today. Time is short! ACTION REQUESTED: 1. Please write the comments recipient at the Delaware Department of Education as follows: Ms. Susan Haberstroh Education Associate Regulation Review Delaware Department of Education 401 Federal St., Ste. 2 Dover, DE 19901 Suggested message: "I oppose the proposed amendment to 14 Delaware Administrative Code, Part 540 Driver Education. This amendment would deny nonpublic school students the right to receive free driver education the same as public school students. I urge the State Board of Education to disapprove the change to current law proposed by the Secretary of Education." 2. Please forward this email to every family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to write a letter opposing the proposed amendment. BACKGROUND: The statutory law enacted by the Delaware General Assembly provides that all students residing within a school district are entitled to free driver education during the summer months. Current regulations of the State Board of Education appropriately implement this provision of state law by stating that students attending private and parochial academies and homeschool students "are entitled to attend summer driver education without charge." However, the proposed amendment would change the regulations to provide that only public school students would continue to receive free driver education. All other students would have to pay tuition, which at this time is stated by the Department of Education to be $362.00. Not only is the proposed amendment contrary to the statutory law of Delaware, it raises serious constitutional questions regarding this discriminatory treatment of nonpublic school students by the state. We believe that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the type of unfair dissemination of services which would result from this change in the regulations. To view the text of this proposed, please go to http://www.doe.k12.de.us/info/sbe/docs/540.pdf Please write today! Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> "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. 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