Helen on December 19th, 2005

HEM-Networking: HR 1815 update
The conference report was agreed to in House late on 2/19/05.
The Status: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 374 – 41 (Roll no. 665).
I phoned Sen. Warner’s office and they confirmed that the section pertaining to homeschoolers, 522, remained in the bill and if the [...]

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Helen on December 16th, 2005

Home Education & Other Stuff » END AROUND?
Daryl Cobranchi is spearheading conversation about the Section 522 situation at his HEOS blog. Informative reading for anyone following these important developments.

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News and Commentary » Section 522 and a Memorandum from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
The effect of Section 522 would not only be to circumvent the conclusions of the CNA Study (and 30 years of prior research), but also to circumvent DoD policy that allows each service to determine who it will or will [...]

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Helen on December 2nd, 2005

National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD)
Did You Know:
There is a bill being considered at this time in Congress regarding the military, and section #522 mentions home education.
NHELD has examined this legislation and offers these arguments against it:
The problem with Section (1) of this section:
“The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a [...]

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Helen on November 30th, 2005

HR 3753/ S 1691-Homeschool NonDiscrimination Act 2005
Will this action lead to organizations becoming – by law – the official accrediting agencies of homeschoolers? Will there be a federal registrar of homeschooled students?
Click on the link above for important reading!

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