<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[HSLDA | Top Stories]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/topstoriesarchive.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA RSS Feed : Top Stories]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2013 HSLDA</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:10:12 EST</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Proposes Universal Preschool for 4-year-olds]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201304160.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Obama announced last Wednesday a proposal to create universal preschool for low-income families. His plan, Preschool for All, is aimed at 4-year-olds to help them be &ldquo;better prepared for the demands of the global economy.&rdquo; HSLDA founder Michael Farris voiced his opposition&hellip;]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Our Kids Belong to Us&mdash;or to the Community?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/LandingPages/WhoseChildren/?src=Wunonmem]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an MSNBC promo, Melissa Harris-Perry promotes the radical and controversial idea that &ldquo;we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents.&rdquo; Sadly, this isn&rsquo;t a new idea.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Cape May Wants to Review Homeschool Books]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/nj/201305150.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officials in a small school district are pushing to get authority to review homeschool curriculum.  HSLDA has no interest in going back to a failed policy it helped to end.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask Your U.S. Representative to Sign Letter Opposing UN CRPD]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201305140.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Please contact your representative and ask him or her to sign a letter opposing Senate ratification of a dangerous United Nations treaty.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Year-End Testing Assured by New Law]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ia/201305130.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new law ends years of controversy by providing iron-clad assurance of free testing via public schools for competent private instruction students. The law also eliminates the need to dual enroll.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeschool Law Significantly Improved]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ga/201305090.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the approval by Governor Nathan Deal of House Bill 283, Georgia modified its homeschool law to provide more freedom to parents conducting home study programs for their children.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeschoolers Allowed to Participate in Interscholastic Activities]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ar/201305090.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the enactment of House Bill 1789, homeschool students may now participate in interscholastic activities at their resident school district.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Victory for Homeschool Mom]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/mo/201305060.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Missouri county circuit court dismissed truancy charges against a homeschooling mother after HSLDA intervened on her behalf.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sports Eligibility Bill Passed]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/201305030.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[On April 19, 2013, Governor Bill Haslam signed into law Senate Bill 240, adding a new subsection to the homeschool statute for students&rsquo; participation in interscholastic athletic competition in public schools.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School&rsquo;s Reluctance Nearly Costs Teen a Job]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/nj/201305030.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[After getting a good job offer, a homeschool teen nearly saw her opportunity slip away because a public school official refused to issue an employment certificate&mdash;until HSLDA intervened.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeschoolers Now Eligible for State Scholarships]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/nd/201305030.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the enactment of House Bill 1291, a resident student who completes a program of home education in North Dakota is eligible to receive a career and technical education scholarship or an academic scholarship.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>