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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/24/2011 5:08:50 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Maine--Access Bill Needs Crucial Help! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Maine--Access Bill Needs Crucial Help! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: The bill to restore homeschoolers' access to special education services and the Aspirations Program (no-cost college classes for high school students) needs your help no later than Monday! Because of a parliamentary maneuver in the senate, the bill must pass both the house and the senate by a two-thirds vote. A vote is expected sometime on Tuesday. A number of homeschool families struggled after access to these programs was abruptly cut off. Even if you think you are not likely to participate in these programs, please help others for whom equal access is very important financially. Your senator and representative need to hear from you! ACTION REQUESTED Call your senator and representative and ask them to support LD 1197. Your message can be as simple as: "Please vote YES on LD 1197. Homeschooled children need the same access to special education services and the Aspirations Program as other children." Use our legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11610 to find the names and contact information for your senator and representative. BACKGROUND The Maine statutes certainly appear to give families equal access to these programs. And Maine homeschooled children actually had access for many, many years. But a "reinterpretation" was implemented by the various bureaucracies--without legislative approval--as a result of which children were denied access. Now the only way to restore access is for the legislature to take action by the passage of LD 1197. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> "I saved my entire membership fee with one discount" "We've been a Liberty Mutual customer for over 12 years. We called and asked about our HSLDA member discount and they lowered our premium by approx $95 per year...coincidentally the same amount as our HSLDA annual membership fee. Thought you'd want to know!!'" More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
