<?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=MS&SN=Mississippi&B=177]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA RSS Feed : Headlines]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2009 HSLDA</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:43:09 EST</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Change in Certificate of Enrollment Form]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ms/200909150.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA has contacted the state Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement, pointing out that the new certificate of enrollment form deviates from state law and that it should be revised.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2009 Legislative Summary]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ms/200905040.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[As usual, Mississippi dealt with a good number of bills affecting homeschool families during its 2009 legislative session.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legislation Affecting Homeschoolers Defeated]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ms/200803050.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mississippi Legislature considered a number of bills during the 2008 session affecting the freedoms of homeschooling families but none were considered beyond the committee level.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bills Affecting Homeschoolers Fail]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ms/200709120.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Several bills that would have affected the rights of parents who homeschool their children failed to pass in the Mississippi legislature this year.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAPTA Legislation Enacted]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ms/200705020.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[On March 14, 2007, Governor Haley Barbour signed into law House Bill 1121, which requires social workers to inform an individual being investigated for child abuse or neglect of the specific allegations against the individual.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeschool Testing Bill Defeated]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ms/200703140.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mississippi Legislature has declined to approve a measure to require testing of students in home instruction programs.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Bill Extending Compulsory Attendance Requirement Dies]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ms/200507080.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home School Legal Defense Association tracked six bills being considered by the Mississippi Legislature this year to make changes in the compulsory school attendance ages.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>