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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/26/2012 4:23:45 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Virginia--Update: Curriculum Description, Sports Bills Pass First Test |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Virginia--Update: Curriculum Description, Sports Bills Pass First Test Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Thank you for your calls in support of House Bill 1208! This morning a subcommittee of the House Education Committee voted strongly in favor of the bill, which clarifies that to provide a "description of the curriculum" means a simple list of subjects. Our thanks go to Delegate Brenda Pogge, the bill's sponsor, who testified powerfully in favor of the bill this morning. The only testimony against the bill came from a representative of the Virginia Education Association. He claimed that the bill "lowered the standards" for homeschooling. This is nonsense, of course. The curriculum description requirement is not a "standard" at all! Home instruction standards are implemented with the annual year-end assessment, which is not being changed. The only thing that will be reduced with HB 1208 is red tape and headaches for those families who live in school systems that have been making overbearing demands for curriculum information. Delegate Rob Bell's sports access bill (House Bill 947) sparked lively debate in the subcommittee. Because of all the handwringing about imaginary awful things that might happen if Virginia homeschoolers get the same sports access that families now enjoy in many other states, the bill was amended so its provisions automatically expire in 2017. This will give sports access a "trial run" to see if the hypothetical disadvantages actually occur. Now that both bills have passed their first legislative test, they will move on to the full House Education Committee next week. The Senate Education and Health Committee was not able to take action on the Senate version of the curriculum description bill (SB 564), sponsored by Senator Dick Black, before time ran out today. It will come back to the committee next week. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely Yours, Scott A. 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. ====================================================================== | |
