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New Measure Regarding Jury Duty Affects Home School Moms
 Am I exempt from jury duty because I am a home school teacher?
Yes, if your child is younger than 15 years old.
In 2009 HB 319 amended Section 62.106 of the Texas Government Code and corrected a discrepancy in the law that allowed a person with legal custody of a child to be charged with abandonment or endangerment of a child younger than fifteen years of age but did not allow a person to claim an exemption from jury service unless the child was less than ten years of age. For those with children under fifteen years old, balancing the time demands of jury service with the management of their child's care can be challenging, especially for single parents, parents with low household incomes, and parents who teach their children at home. These parents no longer have to risk charges of child abandonment simply for performing a civic duty. This measure goes into effect September 1, 2009.
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Be a Card-Carrying Home Schooler!
 One of the many benefits of membership in the Texas Home School Coalition Association is the receipt of FREE teacher and student ID cards. Home schoolers around the state have used these laminated, professional-quality cards for obtaining teacher and student discounts at hobby stores, bookstores, office supply stores, museums, and on bus passes. Each parent/teacher and student in the member family receives an ID card.
Click on the graphic for more information on member benefits.
Remember to join THSC now - membership fees go up September 1!
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Amarillo Home Schooler Competes on "America's Got Talent"
 Eleisha Miller, a nine-year-old home schooler from Amarillo, made it to the second quarter finals on the television show "America's Got Talent." Eleisha, a THSC member, sang "I've Got the Music in Me." She was eliminated in that round, but not before all three judges sang her praises and encouraged her to continue to perform.
Way to go, Eleisha..."with an E!"
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Reason #317 to Homeschool in Texas
"A Murrysville [Pennsylvania] couple, long at odds with the Franklin Regional School District over the home-schooling of their now-grown children, filed a lawsuit in Westmoreland County Wednesday, seeking a ruling to overturn laws that give public school districts the right to oversee home education.
"The lawsuit was pursued a year after the federal courts ordered six families in Pennsylvania to file their challenges in state court."
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We Have a Winner!
 Congratulations to the winner of the "Who Said This?" contest in the August 2009 REVIEW, Michael Frazier of Silsbee. He correctly identified Charles Evans Hughes as the one who said, "A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."
Michael chose for his prize the book Why America is Free.
We appreciate the readers of the THSC REVIEW who sent their guesses, and we hope that the REVIEW is a blessing. Be watching for the next quotation question - you could be the next winner!
Don't miss out!
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Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, www.familymanweb.com
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Early College Start
Sally Hanan
DUAL CREDIT - Eligible high school students may be allowed to take a college credit course, which will earn college credit and also satisfy the high school graduation plan's required course.
Trying to find the way through the many alternatives of early higher education can almost cause migraines. Honors class grades and CLEP, SAT II, and AP test results are all viable means of persuading an admissions counselor that a child belongs in the higher-level classes once they reach college. These usually work, but some colleges will not accept certain CLEP test results, or they are skeptical that a mother's version of an honors class (and maybe even a public high school's) is not "good enough," so what can she do? How can a parent make the best choice for her child? Which option yields the best dividends?
My daughter is now an eleventh grader, but she is also in her second semester of taking dual credit - or as called by some, Early College Start (ECS) - classes and is doing wonderfully. Why are dual credit classes such a good option?
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