<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[HSLDA | Headlines]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/headlinearchive.asp?S=ME&SN=Maine&B=128]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA RSS Feed : Headlines]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2013 HSLDA</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:59:13 EST</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Child Support Payments Reinstated]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/201207300.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA helped a member family whose son&rsquo;s child support payments were mistakenly terminated.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Data Destroyed at HSLDA&rsquo;s Request]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/201111220.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A public school superintendent agreed to destroy survey responses from homeschoolers once HSLDA pointed out the information could be made public.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Systems Asks for Assessment from Non&mdash;Approved Private School]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/201104060.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[After being contacted by HSLDA, a public school official recognized the error in asking for year&mdash;end assessments from members operating as a private school.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 6 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dept. of Education &ldquo;Subsequent Year Letter&rdquo; Blooper]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/200910090.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA contacted a state education official about an erroneous online homeschooling form, and the document was quickly corrected.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woodruff Responds to &ldquo;Jobless Homeschooler&rdquo; Article]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/200810200.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A public school superintendent showed he was not acquainted with the facts when he suggested homeschooled graduates have trouble finding jobs.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Department of Education Agrees to Change Form]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/200808140.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today we received an email from the Maine Department of Education in which they agree to change their &ldquo;subsequent year letter&rdquo; form.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Makes Demand for Unauthorized Information]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/200808120.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Department of Education recently sent a letter to a homeschooling family asking for information that is required only for an initial declaration of intent. HSLDA encourages other families who receive this letter not to use it to file their &ldquo;subsequent year&rdquo; declaration of homeschooling.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Rebuffs Grandparents&rsquo; Request for Visitation Rights]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/Legal/state/me/200807020Braxton/default.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA successfully defended a member family&rsquo;s right to raise their children free from unwanted visitation by the children's grandparents.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day at the Capitol Celebrates Expanded Freedom]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/200706290.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA was there when Maine homeschoolers gathered at the capitol to meet lawmakers and celebrate expanded freedom granted by recent legislation.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power to Make New Homeschool Regulations Abolished]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/200705230.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a stroke of the pen last week, Maine&rsquo;s Governor Baldacci brought protection for homeschool freedom to a new level by taking away the commissioner of education&rsquo;s power to make new homeschool regulations.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Schools Ordered to Give Information to Recruiters]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/me/200607270.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home School Legal Defense Association is advising homeschoolers who operate under Maine&rsquo;s non&mdash;approved private school provision that they do not have to give student information to military and college recruiters.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>