DAMN!
This is too far away. I’d love to ask him how HONDA “helps” us.
Hickory, NC – Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today announced he will be hosting a town hall meeting for families that homeschool their children on Saturday, August 12th. The event will be a picnic at Henry Fork Park (off Exit 121 on I-40) in Catawba County from 11AM until 1PM. All interested families from the area and members of the media are invited and encouraged to bring a picnic lunch.
“I believe parents – not the federal government – know how to best educate their children,” Congressman McHenry said. “Please bring a picnic lunch and your questions on Saturday, August 12th for a great discussion on the issues that are most important to homeschooling families.”
Congressman McHenry is a co-sponsor of the Family Education Freedom Act, the Hope Plus Scholarship Act of 2005 and the Homeschool Non-Discrimination Act of 2005, which give a helping hand to families that homeschool. The topic of discussion will vary amongst issues pertaining to homeschooling families as well as a broad assessment of legislation that affects all Western North Carolina families.
For more information, please contact Laurie Moody at the congressman’s Hickory office at (828) 327-6100.
WHAT: Homeschool Town Meeting/Picnic
WHO: Congressman McHenry, Interested Families, News Media
WHERE: Henry Fork Park, Catawba County (off Exit 121 on I-40)
WHEN: Saturday, August 12th: 11 AM – 1 PM
NOTE: Bring a picnic lunch!
UPDATE: He’s buds with Musgrave. And his HSLDA-written endorsed “Family Education Freedom Act” would provide tax credits for homeschooling for “qualified educational expenses.” Yeah, I want to justify my homeschooling expenses to the IRS.
5 Responses to “DAMN!”
 Comment by Daryl Cobranchi August 11th, 2006 at 8:47 am |
I don’t want to The only way I’d support any kind of tax credit for home education is if it was tied to non-enrollment in the g-schools. If you have kids and you educate them “otherwise,” you get x dollars tax credit. Use it to homeschool or to pay for tuition. No questions asked or allowed. |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi August 11th, 2006 at 8:53 am |
If you and your ilk (and I mean that affectionately) had been willing to break out some of the genuinely needed bits of HoNDA, we might have gotten a lot of good stuff accomplished together. Were we asked (or even consulted)? Funny, my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail. Scott, HSLDA brings on the enmity all by its lonesome. Y’all don’t play well with others, |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi August 11th, 2006 at 2:13 pm |
Jodi, You missed the point completely. HSLDA sprung this legislation on the community in the middle of the night. It was introduced in Congress without us even having an opportunity to express a willingness to break out some of the pieces. And where do you live? Or rather, what state is 600 miles to the east? I don’t know of ANY states in which it is illegal for a parent to home educate an 8-year-old. |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi August 11th, 2006 at 2:17 pm |
And, shouldn’t it be the prerogative of the people in that eastern state to work towards better home education laws instead of having a federal law foist upon them? |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi August 11th, 2006 at 6:05 pm |
I do not think it’s “better†to have state laws enacted to preserve homeschooling rights, because federal law can too easily trump state law. If all the states had great laws, but we neglect federal laws, it leaves the door open for the government to override state laws through a federal law (or *shudder* a UN Treaty). So, let me get this straight. You want HSLDA to work to pass federal laws that could potentially over-ride state laws, so that sometime in the future someone won’t pass federal laws that over-ride state laws. |