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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/5/2010 5:06:57 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Virginia--Warren County Report Defends Unlawful School Board Policy |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Virginia--Warren County Report Defends Unlawful School Board Policy Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: The Warren County Report recently published an article entitled "School board pulls back from religious exemption policy" in which it defended the school board's unlawful March 11 religious exemption policy. Space is not sufficient to address every error and exaggeration in the article, but one deserves special attention. A rather long, muddled sentence on page 7 of the publication concludes, " ... the fact that the county policy would require an explanation as to why licensed homeschooling options would not fit a family's religious educational needs, appears unacceptable." The March 11 policy is not just "unacceptable" -- it is unlawful. In Johnson v. Prince William County School Board, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that it is unlawful for counties to require religiously exempted families to prove that neither home instruction under the standard statute nor private schooling would accommodate their beliefs. And, of course, homeschoolers are not "licensed." The school board's March 25 decision to suspend the unlawful policy is commendable. But a policy that is only "suspended" can still cause trouble. Further action is needed to make sure it is gone for good. April 19 will mark the 19th anniversary of the Johnson decision. Let's hope that at least by that time no one is trying to defend the unlawful policy. Sincerely Yours, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What do you look like when you get out of bed? It's hard to look our best all the time. HSLDA works to present homeschooling in an engaging, dynamic, and informative light to the public news media. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
