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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/16/2010 9:48:30 AM Home School Legal Defense Association South Dakota: Scholarship Equity Bill Passes! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== South Dakota: Scholarship Equity Bill Passes! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Thank you for your calls! On Thursday, the House and Senate both passed a slightly modified version of HB 1160, the Scholarship Equity Bill (including a delayed effective date), and it has been delivered to the governor for his signature. There were no opposing votes in the Senate, and only 10 "nays" in the House. This is a major step forward toward restoring fairness in the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship. Previously, a student wanting access to the scholarship was required to take all the courses mandated for graduation in the state's "distinguished high school program." A student wanting access would, in effect, have the content of his homeschool program come under the control of the state. Passage of HB 1160 creates a welcome alternate pathway without government micromanagement of homeschool course content. The alternate pathway requires: (1) An ACT total score of 28, together with the following separate scores: English, 18; reading, 21; math, 22; and science, 24; OR (2) an SAT verbal-math score of 1250 and also "markers in reading, writing, mathematics and science" high enough that remediation is not necessary. This alternate pathway is automatically available to anyone not meeting the "distinguished high school program" course requirements. It is not necessary for the Board of Regents to determine that any individual student "cannot" meet the requirements, as the first version of the bill provided. After the governor signs the bill, the Board of Regents will have an opportunity to draft new rules. HB 1160 will go into effect July 1, 2013. ACTION REQUESTED Please call, write, or email your senator and representative and thank them for supporting HB 1160. Pray that any new rules that come from the Regents will be sensible and consistent with the legislature's intentions. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff, Esq. Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your children's inheritance retain its value? If you pass on a legacy of freedom, your children and their children's children will thank you. But freedom is never secure; it must always be guarded. Membership with HSLDA is an investment in the future that can be passed on to future generations of families wanting to teach their children at home. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: ##ToAddress## - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
