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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/7/2012 3:42:39 PM Home School Legal Defense Association VIRGINIA--Victory for Freedom! SB 564 Passes 23-17 |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Victory for Freedom! SB 564 Passes 23-17 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Thank you for your phone calls! Today the Virginia Senate voted 23 to 17 in favor of limiting "curriculum description" to "a list of subjects to be studied"! Some formalities remain. The House must act on the Senate bill, and the Senate on the House bill. But since the bills are identical, there is no meaningful doubt that they are on their way to becoming law. Today's vote in the Senate was the last significant battle. If you are one of those families who was subjected to unreasonable curriculum description demands in the past, or even threatened with truancy, today is a day for a very personal and special level of rejoicing. As anticipated, the vote was close. If only four "ayes" had voted "nay," the bill would have failed. But Senator Dick Black, chief patron, was a highly effective advocate for this important improvement in the law. The bill received support from both parties. Democratic senators Ralph Northam and Jeff McWaters supported the bill in committee last week, and voted "aye" today as well. Republican senator Harry Blevins, who had voted against the bill in committee, cast an important "aye" vote in support today. The old law will remain in force until July 1 this summer. Families who start homeschooling before July will be subject to the old law for a short time. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely Yours, Scott A. Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many news articles did you read this morning over your oatmeal? We live in a world where concise information presented at the right time can make a big difference in the outcome of important legislative efforts. Yet it's tough to keep up with all the issues that affect you. HSLDA does this for you in the areas that affect your homeschool. Our emails and website enable you to take quick, decisive action. Please consider becoming a part of this team. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1923 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
