Bulletins Covering HR 3753/S 1691 Sections

Did we point out these particular Bulletins? I can't remember. So let's do it again. These Bulletins were related to the 2003 bills that died but are now regurgitated. They're still pertinent and well worth a read.

INFORMATION BULLETIN #1 - please distribute - regarding Higher Education Act changes

Did you know that:A letter was written in November 2002 by the Department of Education to clarify the issue regarding college admittance and homeschoolers. The letter "Eligibility of Home-Schooled Students – Institutional and Student Eligibility" can be found at [this link]

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INFORMATION BULLETIN #2 - please distribute - regarding IDEA Child Find changes

Did you know that:

Under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), 34 C.F.R. §300.505, parents already do have the right to refuse consent for evaluations and the right to refuse placement of a child. There is no need for any change in IDEA to protect homeschoolers.

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INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN #3 - please distribute - regarding Coverdell Education Savings

Did you know that:

Parents are not able to take advantage of the Education Savings Account unless they comply with the federal rules that established the account. A change in Federal legislation regarding the Coverdell Education savings Accounts is simply one more way that homeschoolers will be included in a category of parents who must endure federal regulation. Until now, the Internal Revenue Service had no ability to review anything about homeschooling. With implementation of this bill, yet another agency of the federal government will be authorized to intrude on and regulate the activities
of a homeschooling family. With implementation of this bill, the IRS will have a new definition of homeschooling.

Let's look at the changes propose in the federal legislation HR2732/SB1562 which is being considered by Congress and analyze it.

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And here's another in depth analysis of the effects of the Section 6 infringements...."clarifications".

INFORMATION BULLETIN #4 - please distribute - regarding Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act changes

Did you know that: The government should not have access to any records of any homeschooler and parents should not encourage such practices by merely"clarifying" existing laws. We should work to eliminate such laws. Why should laws exist that allow public school officials or government officials of any kind to retain records of children in "non-public schools"? If the "schools" are "non-public" shouldn't the records also be "non-public"? Why allow insertion of any language in a federal bill purporting to prevent the "release" of these records without the consent of the parents? If the bill purports not to "require" educational institutions to maintain records of non-public students, then why is there any need to make sure that those agencies don't release those records without the consent of the parents?

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