<?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=AL&SN=Alabama&B=157]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA RSS Feed : Headlines]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2012 HSLDA</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:19:47 EST</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Tuscaloosa County Addresses Issue of &ldquo;Local&rdquo; Church]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/201204190.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[For approximately the past 30 years during which parents have been conducting home instruction through enrollment of their children in church schools in Alabama, parents have been complying with the compulsory attendance requirements by enrolling their children in church schools not necessarily located within the city or county where they reside.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mobile City Council Reverses Itself, Passes Daytime Curfew]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/201110140.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[After voting down the proposed curfew ordinance on September 13, 2011, the Mobile City Council reversed itself and passed essentially the same ordinance at its meeting on October 4, 2011.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed Mobile Daytime Curfew Defeated]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/201109150.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[The efforts of homeschooling families to preserve freedom in Mobile, Alabama paid off when the City Council voted down a proposed daytime curfew.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Favorable Opinion from Attorney General]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/201009270.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A recent favorable opinion by the Alabama attorney general regarding the compulsory school attendance age for students enrolled in a church school affects the vast majority of families conducting home instruction.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legislation Affecting Homeschoolers Dies]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/201006160.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three bills which would have affected the rights of homeschooling families in Alabama died at the end of the 2010 legislative session in April.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School District Adds to Private Tutor Requirements]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/201003041.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earlier this school semester, HSLDA assisted a parent in Birmingham when Shelby County Schools attempted to add to the private tutor requirements of state law.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attendance Officer Threatens New Homeschoolers]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/20101130.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents who waited weeks before enrolling their children in a church school as an alternative to public education were threatened with truancy charges.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Controversy over &ldquo;Attendance&rdquo; at Church Schools]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/200910280.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A memorandum from the Alabama state superintendent of education has sparked a controversy regarding the church school option employed by parents providing home instruction to their children.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Controversy Over Meaning of &ldquo;Local&rdquo;]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/200909150.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA assisted two member families in Dothan at the beginning of the school year when public school officials challenged their children&rsquo;s enrollment in a church school outside the city limits.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compulsory Attendance Age Increased]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/200905270.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[On May 18, 2009, Governor Bob Riley signed into law Senate Bill 334, raising the compulsory school attendance age for all students in Alabama from 16 to 17 years old.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Worker Attempts To Monitor Homeschooling]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/al/200905040.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA protected a member family from unwanted intrusion into the lives of their homeschooled children by a social worker.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
