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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/19/2011 4:23:26 PM Home School Legal Defense Association UPDATE -- State Super: "Homeschoolers Need More Oversight!" |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== UPDATE -- State Super: "Homeschoolers Need More Oversight!" Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Thank you for contacting the West Virginia Department of Education regarding increasing state regulation of homeschooling. By way of an update, Liza Cordeiro from the department contacted HSLDA to clarify the intent behind the superintendent's statements. "The West Virginia Department of Education is in no way wanting to regulate those who are doing the right thing," Cordeiro told HSLDA. "We are not focusing on legitimate homeschoolers." But when HSLDA asked the department to retract its statements about calling for increased homeschool regulations, Ms. Cordeiro declined. While HSLDA appreciates the department's clarification, new regulations on homeschooling would impact all homeschoolers, the vast majority of whom are doing just fine. West Virginia's homeschool law is already one of the more burdensome in the nation, and empirical research has shown that increasing state regulation has no effect on homeschoolers' outstanding academic achievement. Homeschool students in states with low regulation score just as high, or higher, than states with high regulation. (See Homeschool Progress Report 2009: Academic Achievement Demographics). http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11256 Thank you for standing in defense of homeschool freedom. Standing with you! Mike Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. Your West Virginia Staff Attorney P.S. --I hope to see you this weekend at the CHEWV conference in Fairmont where I will be talking about this very issue. For more information on the conference go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11257 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your friends stand by you in trouble? They will if you're an HSLDA member and your homeschool is threatened. HSLDA is ready to stand by your side along with 80,000 other homeschool families. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
