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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Marie, we are not talking about public school.  We are talking about 
homeschooling and once written into federal law you can't opt out.

H$LDA is trying to get special consideration laws passed for homeschoolers. 
Those sections of the law will have federal definitions of homeschoolers and 
we all know what happens when the IRS gets involved and that is one of the 
agencies they want to involve in homeschooling.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS can, but won't, opt out of ALL federal money.  Homeschoolers 
will have no option to opt out.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT dtnspeed.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] B. C.'s Latest Acheivements


> <<They want to provide the feds with personal information.  There is NO 
> opt
> out clause.>>
>
> There is, actually. We can tell the Feds to take their money and shove it.
> The amount of Title 1 money that Illinois gets is a miniscule amount of 
> what
> the state and local governments kick in.
>
> NCLB is so over-reaching that I expect it will not survive more than 
> another
> couple of years. In the meantime, states will fuss with the feds (and
> continue to get their money), and in the end a coalition of Rs and Ds will
> scrap the more heinous parts.
>
> The requirement that all schools make a certain percentage of progress 
> every
> year flies in the face of what is possible. Only in Lake Woebegon are all
> the children above average.
>
> I see this as a direct result of poor math and science education in our
> schools. The legislators don't have a flipping clue.
>
> Marie
>
>
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