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UPCOMING CIVIC ACTIVITIES…
- Virginia Gubernatorial Election 2009
- Mid-term Elections 2010
- Other Civic Activities
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Virginia Gubernatorial Election 2009
Civics 2009
In association with Home Works Lynchburg, Lynchburg Home School Leaders would like to involve our homeschool community in the gubernatorial race for Virginia in 2009.
Bob McDonnell for Virginia Governor
Bob McDonnell has always supported Home Schooling as a Virginia Delegate and as Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia and we feel we need a strong advocate leading our state at this time.
If your family would like to join us in our grassroots efforts, please contact Deb McPherson, LHSL President, for further information: debmcpherson@homeworks4me.org
Various opportunities for local homeschool families to participate in grassroots efforts to support Bob McDonnell for Virginia Governor will be posted here over the coming months.
Please check back often and contact Deb McPherson if your family would like to be added to our email listing for grassroots news as it becomes available.
Join Homeschoolers for Bob McDonnell for Governor on Facebook here!
Visit the McDonnell for Governor official website at BobMcDonnell.com!
McDonnell For Governor Kickoff in Lynchburg
THE BOB MCDONNELL RECORD: SUPPORTING HOME EDUCATORS
As a member of the House of Delegates and as Attorney General, Bob McDonnell has supported the rights of home educators and their children. He has been a consistent supporter of the Home School Legal Defense Association, Home Educators Association of Virginia, and Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers. As a way to recognize the achievements of homeschool students and their families, McDonnell delivered the Commencement Address at the Richmond Area Homeschool Graduation on Saturday, May 24, 2008
Legislative Accomplishments:
In 2004, Bob McDonnell authored and patroned HB 675 in support of the homeschool alliance. The bill required persons providing home instruction to hold a high school diploma, rather than requiring them to hold a baccalaureate degree, like the current law. Although the bill passed the General Assembly with great support, it was ultimately vetoed by the Governor.
McDonnell co-sponsored legislation in 1999 (HB 1740) to create a tax credit for 85 percent of the costs incurred from home schooling and 100 percent for low-income Virginians. McDonnell co-sponsored similar legislation in 2000 (HB 68, SB 336) and 2001 (HB 1961).
McDonnell co-sponsored legislation in 1995 (HB 1874 to permit local school boards to permit home schooled students to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Mid-term Elections 2010 & Other Civics Activities
Civics 2010
If your family would like to join us in our grassroots efforts, please contact Deb McPherson, LHSL President, for further information: debmcpherson@homeworks4me.org
Various opportunities for local homeschool families to participate in grassroots efforts will be posted here over the coming months.
Please check back often and contact Deb McPherson if your family would like to be added to our email listing for grassroots news as it becomes available.
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COMMON VISION • COLLECTIVE EFFORTS • COMMUNITY EVENTS
If you have a VISION for our homeschool community and would like to SERVE through LHSL or VOLUNTEER for Community-wide Events, LHSL hopes you will join them as they come together “to support God’s work among home educators in the Lynchburg area.” Contact LHSL to serve our homeschool community through LHSL or community-wide events: debmcpherson@homeworks4me.org
2008 Presidential Election
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