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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/11/2010 5:12:05 PM Home School Legal Defense Association South Dakota: Calls Needed Immediately For College Scholarship Access |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 11, 2010 South Dakota--Calls Needed Immediately For College Scholarship Access Dear HSLDA members and friends: Calls are needed right away to support HB 1160, the bill that will give homeschoolers access to the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program. The bill successfully came out of committee on Wednesday, and the full House could vote on it tomorrow, Friday, February 12, or early next week. The committee vote was relatively close, so your calls will be essential in convincing lawmakers that this bill should become law. Homeschoolers have been barred from this program for too long. It's time for basic fairness to be implemented. ACTION REQUESTED Please call your own state representative immediately. Your message can be as simple as, "Please give homeschool students access to the Opportunity Scholarship. They deserve basic fairness. Vote yes on HB 1160." Your representative may not be familiar with the bill yet, so be prepared to give a quick explanation if the person to whom you speak seems unfamiliar with it. Be courteous and respectful. To find your representative and contact information, use our legislative toolbox: http://hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=2 BACKGROUND South Dakota Christian Home Educators supports this bill. Georgia and Virginia have similar scholarship programs. They have developed alternate methods for homeschooled students to qualify that are similar to HB 1160. The bill would require that a student be homeschooled for two years prior to applying for the scholarship. The student would need a score of 26 on the ACT test or 1200 on the SAT test (math plus verbal) while being homeschooled. This is higher than the scores required for public school students. The legislature created the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program in 2003. Details of how the program was to be implemented, however, were left to the Board of Regents. Unfortunately, the regents put rules into force that locked homeschoolers out of the program. The scholarship can provide $5,000 over four years for a South Dakota resident attending one of 18 institutions of higher education in South Dakota. For more details about the program, including other eligibility rules, go to http://www.sdbor.edu/OpportunityScholarship/sdos.htm . Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff, Esq. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many acorns can a chipmunk hold in its cheeks? We don't know! But we do know that gathering little by little enables ordinary folks to prepare for hard times. That principle is behind HSLDA's payment plan: by paying a month at a time, families can receive an annual HSLDA membership. 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