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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/11/2010 5:25:48 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Virginia--Warren County RE Policy Advances |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Virginia--Warren County RE Policy Advances Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Last night Dr. Mary Kay Clark, HSLDA Senior Counsel Scott Woodruff, and others spoke to the Warren County School Board about changes they would like to see in the current draft of the new religious exemption policy. Efforts to convince the board to add a provision giving notice to the homeschool community before changing the policy again in the future were not successful. However, the board agreed to delete the requirement of supplying a birth date (which would have created a security risk) for a child and replace it with supplying age in years and months. The board also agreed to edit the policy to state specifically that any list of religiously exempt students would not be available to the public. The religious exemption statute was intended to be a pillar of freedom. School board member Joanne Cherefko, however, supported several ideas that would have turned the exemption in the direction of becoming a tool of control--including requiring exempt families to submit to periodic reviews, and allowing the wishes of children to trump the right of parents to make educational decisions. After lengthy and rather intense discussion, however, no changes were made to the draft in relation to those two issues. Therefore, the policy that will move forward toward a final vote in July is the policy previously presented: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8443 with the birth date requirement deleted and privacy protection for the list of excused students. The current draft is good, but not excellent. It lacks many of the helpful features of the "consensus policy" that homeschoolers presented to the board in April. On the other hand, it also lacks many of the features favored by those who want to use it as a tool of control. Because the draft is good, I urge families to plan to come to the July board meeting to support its final passage with no further modifications. Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA 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. ====================================================================== | |
