September 27, 2006
VA E-lert from HSLDA
HSLDA is rustling the sheeple to call their state legislators in VA this week regarding HB1294.
From what I see in the state legislative system, the bill was held over for 2007, and does not appear to be on the committee docket for this week. However, it wasn't clear if the online dockets were current.
The tax credit only applies if the scholarship organization is on an approved state list, and the requirements for that list seems to rule out most homeschoolers.
So I don't know...
When in doubt, I lean towards avoiding unnecessary government entanglements. And this appears to be another unnecessary government entanglement. We chose to do something outside of the norm, and that comes with some pitfalls. Deal with it.
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"Despite being really popular, homeschooling remains to be an alternative to traditional schooling. This means that there are some institutions that still have doubts on the effectiveness of the system. This can pose a problem when parents decide to enroll their kids to mainstream schools."
Why do all of these crappy articles seem to have been written by non-native speakers of English?
Posted by: Daryl Cobranchi at September 27, 2006 10:17 AMOops. Wrong post.
Posted by: Daryl Cobranchi at September 27, 2006 10:21 AM"In awarding scholarships, the scholarship foundation shall (i) provide them to any public, private or home-schooled student whose family's annual household income is less than 250% of the amount required to qualify for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program, (ii) not limit scholarships to students of one school, and (iii) not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or disability."
so, basically, any homeschool family that wants to take advantage of this 'opportunity' will have to justify it to the State by reporting their income, etc. Wonder what strings come with that?
Posted by: Mary at September 27, 2006 12:01 PMPayment of the scholarship by the eligible nonprofit scholarship foundation shall be by individual warrant or check made payable to the student's parent or legal guardian. If the parent chooses for his child to attend an eligible nonpublic school, the warrant or check must be mailed by the eligible nonprofit scholarship foundation to the eligible nonpublic school of the parent's choice, and the parent shall restrictively endorse the warrant or check to the nonpublic school. An eligible nonprofit scholarship foundation shall ensure that, upon receipt of a scholarship warrant or check, the parent to whom the warrant or check is made restrictively endorses the warrant or check to the eligible nonpublic school of the parent's choice for deposit into the account of the nonpublic school.
I wondering how we fit into this? It sounds like checks have to go to the institution. It leads me to believe the only homeschoolers that could take advantage are those in a correspondence course from the approved list provided by the state.
Anyway, the state has major budget and transportation issues to deal with. I suspect the tax credit bill will not get discussed during a 3 day session.
Posted by: COD at September 27, 2006 12:22 PMPost a comment