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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/14/2012 3:48:40 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Maryland--Delegate Alston to Withdraw Two Homeschool Bills |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Maryland--Delegate Alston to Withdraw Two Homeschool Bills Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Delegate Alston's office called our office this morning to say that she was going to withdraw two bills, HB 1049 and HB 980, that HSLDA along with Maryland Association of Christian Home Educators have opposed since they were filed. They had been scheduled for a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee tomorrow, March 15. HB 1049 would have allowed public schools to award public school diplomas to homeschool students under certain circumstances. HB 980 would have allowed homeschoolers to receive direct financial assistance from public schools under certain circumstances. For more information on these bills and HSLDA's reasons for opposing them, go to our Maryland legislation page: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=14072 I traveled to Annapolis and had a long and fruitful conversation with Delegate Alston concerning her bills. She struck me as a person with a sincere interest in helping homeschool families. She listened carefully to my comments about the bills. It might have been possible to amend the bills in such a way as to earn the broad support of the homeschool community. But it is not ideal to try to conduct meaningful discussion on important bills under the pressure of looming legislative deadlines. Hand in Hand Educational Services also opposed the bills and worked to convince Del. Alston to withdraw them. The delegate's decision to withdraw the bills will allow for discussion in a more relaxed environment. We appreciate and respect her decision. Sincerely yours, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: We're thankful for the support HSLDA membership provides us. We'd never homeschool without them. We highly recommend HSLDA to all homeschoolers. - North Tonawanda, NY I cannot imagine our homeschool journey without HSLDA's strong leadership, protection, and guidance. God bless HSLDA! - Alta Loma, California More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1940 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
