Christian Home Educators of KY Blog

Legal Brief [12]Tj Schmidt, HSLDA Staff Attorney Over the next couple of months many homeschool families in Kentucky will receive a letter and several forms from their local school district that they will be requested to fill out. These forms are commonly referred to as the “Declaration of Participation” forms. They are named this because of the Declaration of Participation Report that each district must submit to the Commonwealth in order to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The reason homeschool families receive these forms, as many of you know, is that under Kentucky law homeschoolers are classified as private schools.. Federal law requires that each district notify local private schools of certain programs that they may be eligible for. Homeschool families typically will receive two sets of forms. One form is for Title III programs which cover limited English proficiency and immigrant student population. The other form is for Title IIA and IID, Title IV and IDEA-B. ...

Thank you to all who called, emailed, and prayed! We can celebrate today that the CRPD has failed. But, the fight has just begun! These types of attacks on our liberties have just gotten started. In Kentucky, it is easy to believe we are secure in our freedom to homeschool. We cannot afford to be that complacent. Mark your calendars now for the Leadership Summit, February 2, 2013.  Get involved. Join CHEK today!

From Michael Farris- TODAY, Monday, November 26, at 4:30 p.m., Senator Mike Lee, Rick Santorum, and I will hold a press conference concerning our efforts to stop US ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Obama Administration is going to make a concerted effort to get this treaty ratified during the lame duck session of Congress—probably before December 4. The Obama Administration’s claim is that this treaty will not change the law of the United States but will only ensure that when disabled Americans travel abroad that they will enjoy the same handicapped access they have here. This is double nonsense. First, ratified treaties are a part of the highest law of the land. (Read Article VI of the Constitution). Treaties override all state laws—and give Congress new and expanded jurisdiction when the treaties touch on matters that used to be within the control of the states. Education laws—including homeschooli...

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