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2/11/2009 9:52:27 AM Home School Legal Defense Association North Dakota--Support $2,000 Tax Deduction for Homeschooling Families!

====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 11, 2009 North Dakota--Support $2,000 Tax Deduction for Homeschooling Families! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Take advantage of a great opportunity to get some tax relief for your family! Express your support for House Bill 1335, which would create an income tax deduction of up to $2,000 for each child being homeschooled. The deduction would include the cost of curriculum materials such as textbooks, supplies, and equipment necessary for courses of study in a home education program. Contact your senators and representatives today and urge them to support this family-friendly legislation. ACTION REQUESTED: (1) Please call and/or e-mail your state representative and state senator and urge them to vote in favor of House Bill 1335 with this message: "Please vote for House Bill 1335 which would provide a tax deduction for parents teaching their children at home. Homeschooling families now have the double expense of paying taxes to support public schools as well as providing curriculum materials and equipment for their home education program." (2) Please forward this email to every family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact their state representatives and state senators with this same message. You can find the name and telephone number of your state representative and state senator by going to the North Dakota legislature's website at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6107 To view the text of House Bill 1335, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6110 BACKGROUND: Homeschoolers currently pay for the public education system while they privately educate their own children. This "double taxation" is unfair. While almost all homeschoolers would like to be free of the tax burden of public schools they do not use themselves, a significant number of homeschool leaders are concerned about any effort to get benefits from the government. Most homeschool leaders agree that vouchers (direct payments from the government to private or homeschools) are unacceptable because of the controls and loss of freedom that comes with the money. As an alternative, HSLDA recommends other vehicles: educational tax credits or income tax deductions. Parents and individuals who provide for a child's education should be allowed to keep some of their tax money that would otherwise have been used to fund public education. This goal could be accomplished through a tax credit or a deduction. For more information on educational tax credits, see our memorandum at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6111 Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III Senior Counsel HSLDA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your friends stand by you in trouble? They will if you're an HSLDA member and your homeschool is threatened. HSLDA is ready to stand by your side along with 80,000 other homeschool families. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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