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folklaur
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Posted: Sept 14 2007 at 11:21am \| IP Logged

Hi,

I know this is a strange question. My daughter is getting ready to take the ACT test. We looked into seeing if we qualified for a fee waiver for the test. We were told "she would actually have to go to a school" to qualify for a fee waiver. I replied that she DOES go to school. Then I was told, "well, she would have to be a high school junior or senior" again to which I replied that she in fact IS a high school senior. I was told that since I didn't have an "official" counselor to sign it, there was no way to verify our information. I said I would be happy to send copies our Taxes, and that my younger children attend a 1-day program offered by the public school system, and qualify for reduced lunch. They again said, "No, because she doesn't attend a real school."

I am a little angry.

I am supposed to have a Supervisor calling me back (they were all busy.)

I am NOT a member of HSLDA, as we can never afford it, but is there a way to contact them to see what they say about this? Or does anyone else have any idea what I should do now?

Thanks,

nicole-amdg
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Posted: Sept 14 2007 at 12:41pm \| IP Logged

In my opinion, you may as well contact them. I know they will "rush" membership applications if there is a specific situation a potential member needs urgent assistance with, and that even when non-members have legal problems they will sometimes come on board for the sake of establishing a precedent in a court case. So since your financial situation is at issue concerning both membership and the ACT fee, they may be willing to act pro bono.

Did you contact ACT directly? I got this from actadvantage.org:
"Students and educators who have immediate concerns about any of the services ACT provides may contact ACT by calling 866-763-3228 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday."

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Posted: Sept 14 2007 at 12:44pm \| IP Logged

I'd be angry too!

HSLDA rushed our membership when we had neighbor issues last summer, they were very very helpful and I no longer consider our membership "optional".

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