<?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=NY&SN=New York&B=153]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA RSS Feed : Headlines]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2009 HSLDA</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:01:21 EST</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[District Sends Illegal Forms]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200909150.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA intervened when one public school district tried to restrict certain options New York law clearly grants to homeschoolers.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School District Attempts to Require More than Law Allows]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200906150.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two member families in the Buffalo Public School District recently received letters requesting additional information or informing them that they had failed to submit necessary documents.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarterly Report Challenged]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200903310.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A public school district tried to reject a member family&rsquo;s quarterly report, but we showed officials that they had misquoted the law.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Drags Feet on Letter]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200807280.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA helped persuade an initially reluctant public school district to comply with a member family&rsquo;s request for a letter verifying that their son had completed a substantially equivalent education.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Rejects Home Instruction Plan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200805140.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Homeschooling on Long Island, a member family was surprised to have their IHIP rejected by their local school district because of their physical education program. The district insisted that the family had to document the number of minutes per day they would be providing physical education to their children before they would "approve" their IHIP.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trouble in the City]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200801140.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government delays in processing paperwork have led to some homeschool families wrongfully being accused of truancy. HSLDA recommends that families beginning to homeschool in New York City contact us.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeschool Program Not Approved]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200711120.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A member family in New York was told that they were "not approved" to homeschool their children. HSLDA pointed out that the public school officials had not only misinterpreted state law, but had missed the deadline for objecting to the family's home instruction plans.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeschooler Told by Police &lsquo;You Have No Rights&rsquo;]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200710300.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Florida homeschooling mother visiting New York to help care for her father was nearly charged with educational neglect. HSLDA helped the family prove they were in compliance with Florida law.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annual Assessment Woes]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200706290.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end of the academic year often brings frustration for some New York homeschoolers, as they struggle with public school officials over their annual assessments. HSLDA firmly supports homeschoolers as they seek to comply with this onerous regulation.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report to CPS Threatened (After Family Moves)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200704270.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public school officials threatened to report a member family to social services after the family moved to another state. HSLDA contacted the officials, who apologized and called the incident a mistake.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory for New York Homeschooling Family!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ny/200703200.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[On February 28, 2007, the federal court in New York vindicated Home School Legal Defense Association&rsquo;s long-held position that public schools may not force homeschooling parents to submit their children to special education testing.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>