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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/12/2013 4:29:10 PM Home School Legal Defense Association South Dakota: Calls Needed for Access to Opportunity Scholarship |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: A vote on a bill that will give homeschoolers fair access to the state's Opportunity Scholarship will take place very soon. We need your calls in support! House Bill (HB) 1128 brings fairness back to the scholarship and helps South Dakota economically by encouraging bright homeschool students to stay in the state for college--which is a major factor in where they will eventually settle down and contribute to the economy. Right now, homeschoolers must score a 28 on the ACT college admission test to qualify for this college scholarship program. Others must score only a 24. This is not fair. HB 1128 changes the overall qualifying score for homeschoolers to 24, the same as others. Action Requested Call your South Dakota Representative right away to ask him or her to support House Bill 1128. Your message can be as simple as: "Please vote yes on HB 1128. Please give homeschoolers fair access to the Opportunity Scholarship." Check here to find out the name and contact information of your South Dakota representative: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17184 . Some districts have two representatives; if yours has two, please call both. Background We had originally thought the vote would take place on February 4, right after the favorable committee vote. It was postponed, however, so the financial impact of the bill could be reviewed. In 2010, the South Dakota Legislature passed a bill to give homeschoolers access to the Opportunity Scholarship. The scholarship can provide $5,000 over four years for a South Dakota resident attending one of 18 institutions of higher education in South Dakota. To find out more about the scholarship, click here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17185 However, this bill did not create a level playing field for homeschooled students. Current law requires higher ACT or SAT scores for homeschoolers than it does for public school students; this bill eliminates this requirement (but homeschoolers would need to demonstrate "college readiness" on all four ACT subtests). See HSLDA's article from April 2010 about the inequitable rules of this scholarship: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17186 HSLDA and South Dakota Christian Home Educators are united in supporting this bill. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel P.S. If you are not yet a member of HSLDA and would like to help us fight for greater homeschool freedom in South Dakota please click here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17081 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How long are you in for? 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