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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/16/2009 10:02:44 AM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Senate to Vote on Ogden Nomination |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What's the shortest distance between two homeschoolers? HSLDA's elert service! When threats to homeschool freedoms arise, you want to be able to respond. We make it possible. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, North Dakota, Washington or West Virginia, click on the link below to learn about legislation that could affect your freedom to homeschool. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6116 ..................................................................... Topics for March 10, 2009: 1. Full U.S. Senate to Vote on Ogden Nomination--Calls Needed 2. New Option for Home Instruction 3. Compulsory Attendance Age Adjusted 4. Committee Votes for Yet Another Study on Homeschooling 5. Families Told to Fill out Forms or Face Truancy Charges 6. Compulsory Attendance Age Bill Defeated 7. PHC Scholarship Fund for Members Accepting Applications 8. 'Home School Heartbeat': Entrepreneurship and Financial Responsibility ..................................................................... 1. Full U.S. Senate to Vote on Ogden Nomination--Calls Needed David Ogden's nomination as deputy attorney general is about to be sent to the full U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote. HSLDA urges members and friends to contact their senators and oppose Ogden's confirmation. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6241 ..................................................................... 2. Tennessee: New Option for Home Instruction The Tennessee Department of Education has decided to recognize enrollment in the distance learning program of an accredited private school as a means of complying with the compulsory attendance law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6242 ..................................................................... 3. Arkansas: Compulsory Attendance Age Adjusted On February 20, 2009, the Arkansas General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 295, making a minor change in the compulsory school attendance law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6243 ..................................................................... 4. New Hampshire: Committee Votes for Yet Another Study on Homeschooling By a party-line vote, the New Hampshire Education Committee voted to retain H.B. 368 as a "vehicle" to continue studying the homeschool law in New Hampshire. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6244 ..................................................................... 5. Michigan: Families Told to Fill out Forms or Face Truancy Charges When public school officials tried to insist that member families fill out unnecessary forms, HSLDA reminded them of what the law actually requires. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6245 ..................................................................... 6. Montana: Compulsory Attendance Age Bill Defeated Freedom-loving parents, led by Montana's homeschool community, successfully opposed legislation this year that would have expanded the compulsory school attendance age. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6246 ..................................................................... 7. PHC Scholarship Fund for Members Accepting Applications If you are going to be attending Patrick Henry College as a freshman student in the fall of 2009, are part of an HSLDA member family, have a high school record of outstanding academic achievement and community service, and need financial assistance, you are eligible to apply for a scholarship. Applications are being accepted until May 15. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6247 ..................................................................... 8. 'Home School Heartbeat': Entrepreneurship and Financial Responsibility The best way to learn is by doing! Mom Linda Raasch explains how this principle relates to finances and entrepreneurship--and how applying it can help give your child a sense of satisfaction, self-confidence, and responsibility. She suggests how to gauge the amount of responsibility your child is ready for while keeping him safe in today's world. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6248 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== March 8: CapeCodToday.com Homeschool is Cool on Cape Cod http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6251 March 7: Daily Herald, Chicago, Illinois Conference Highlights Diverse Range of Homeschooling http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6250 March 3: Associated Press Amid Hard Times, Homeschooling Families Persist http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6249 > Links do not imply endorsement. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - Western Standard Publishing ====================================================================== Looking for the perfect online library to enhance your study? OriginalSources includes more than 350,000 Documents (over 5,500 full-text volumes) arranged into 8 major educational collections. Always expanding. 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