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Copyright / Intellectual Property

Materials, code, scripts, html, Uniform Resource Locators and other materials located on or associated with this web site are copyright © 1999 - 2006 Learning By Grace, Inc. other copyright holders. All rights reserved. New Hope Online Homeschool, Inc. is an independent organization authorized by Learning By Grace, Inc. to use specific copy written content within the definition of the current agreement.

Duplication is permitted, on public domain etexts only, other site content may not be copied. Some material may be © Copyright 1999-2005 J. Banfill, IDG, Inc., EVS, Inc., Christian Liberty Press, Inc., Learning By Grace, Inc., Learning By Grace Delaware Inc., Oliver Schulz, Tutorbots, Inc., the School Resources.Com Foundation, How Great Thou Art Publications, Glory Math Education, Inc. and other copyright owners. Scriptures marked as "(GNT)" are taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition © 1992 by American Bible Society (www.americanbible.org , www.bibles.com). Used by permission. We thank American Bible Society for their generous provision and their historical mission. We thank Gutenberg Project for their massive contributions to the advancement in the worldwide availability of literature.

Copyright and Intellectual Property Agent: New Hope Online Homeschool, Inc. & Resource Center respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the New Hope Online Homeschool Inc. & Resource Center Copyright Agent the following information:
1. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
2. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
3. your address, telephone number, and email address;
4. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;
5. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

By mail: Copyright Agent
c/o New Hope Online Homeschool, Inc.

TERMS OF USE

Welcome to The New Hope Homeschool Program web site provided by Learning By Grace, Inc.. In return for access to the information we are providing, we require that you abide by these web site Terms of Use in your use of this homeschool web site. If you do not accept these web site Terms of Use, you are not authorized to use this homeschool web site. Your use of this homeschool web site is your automatic agreement to these web site Terms of Use.
Homeschool Web Site Background
This homeschool web site is designed to provide school administrators, owners, managers, students, homeschool parents and guardians with access to a varied collection of digital media. If you are not a registered student or the parent or guardian of a registered student, a tutor, teacher, administrator, manager, guardian or administrator, you are not authorized to use this homeschool web site. We recommend that you review these web site Terms of Use. If at any time you are not in compliance with these web site Terms of Use, we have the right to terminate your rights of use and access to this homeschool web site. We also have the right to terminate your use at our discretion, for any reason or no reason.
Updates to web site Terms of Use
We may amend these web site Terms of Use at any time by posting the amended web site Terms of Use on this homeschool web site. Your use of this homeschool web site after the posting of the amended web site Terms of Use constitutes automatic acceptance of the amended web site Terms of Use. You may only amend these web site Terms of Use by a writing signed by both of us. Any information contained on this homeschool web site does not represent a commitment on our part in the future. We make no commitment to update the information contained on this homeschool web site.
Limitations on Use
Your use of the homeschool ebooks, homeschool etexts, and associated graphics obtained through this homeschool web site is subject to the following limitations: * The homeschool ebooks, homeschool etexts, and associated graphics obtained through this homeschool web site may not be used for any commercial purpose. * The Public Domain homeschool ebooks, homeschool etexts, and associated graphics obtained through this homeschool web site may be copied in print or electronic form without our permission as long as The New Hope Homeschool Program is credited. * Users are not permitted to download the homeschool ebooks, homeschool etexts, or associated graphics or any other content, excepting public domain texts, in order to mount them on their own servers for public use or for use by a set of users or subscribers.
System Integrity
You may not use any device, software or routine, including but not limited to any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs or cancelbots, intended to damage or interfere with the proper working of this homeschool web site or to surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information from this homeschool web site. You may not take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure, including but not limited to denial of service attacks, "spam" or any other such unsolicited overload technique.
Possible Defects
It is possible the homeschool ebooks, homeschool etexts, and associated graphics available on this homeschool web site and any medium they may be on may contain defects such as incomplete, inaccurate, or corrupt data, transcription errors, copyright or other intellectual property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by your equipment. You use this homeschool web site at your own risk. We do not endorse any information posted or content contained on this homeschool web site and we are not liable for any information posted on this homeschool web site, including but not limited to any information posted about you. We reserve the right to take any action with respect to information posted on this homeschool web site which we believe is appropriate in our sole discretion with respect to information posted on this homeschool web site, including but not limited to termination of your rights of use.
Links
This homeschool web site may contain links to third-party web sites not under our control or operation. When we provide links, we do so only as a convenience and do not endorse and are not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. We may, in our sole discretion, permit links to this homeschool web site, as long as they do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. We do require, however, that you get our prior written consent before creating any type of hyperlink to this homeschool web site. You may frame this homeschool web site only with our prior written consent.
Third Party Content
This homeschool web site may contain news and information published by various third party providers or links to third party web sites. The Terms and Conditions of the respective third parties are posted on their respective web sites (and may be updated from time to time). We recommend that you review those Terms and Conditions.
Homeschool Tuition
The New Hope Homeschool Program has both public and private sections of this homeschool web site. Access to these private sections require a username and password which are created by the parent during the application process. Primarily for instruction, these sections are available on a tuition payment. At certain times of the year The New Hope Homeschool Program offers an installment payment plan to make it easier for homeschool parents and guardians to budget their financial obligations. Upon homeschool enrollment, the homeschool student's parent or guardian is agreeing to pay the total tuition for the then-current school year either in full or according to an installment plan (if currently offered) that allows the full tuition amount to be split into two or more installment payments.
Tuition includes access to up to 6 homeschool courses. Families who wish to enroll in additional homeschool courses may do so at a tuition rate of $195.00 per homeschool course for up to two additional homeschool courses. Homeschool students may not enroll in more than 8 homeschool courses during one school year. There may be additional fees and homeschool course materials for additional homeschool courses which are clearly described within the official homeschool course description.
Refund Policy
Families have 30 days from the first student log on in which to determine if the Academy's programs suit the needs of their student(s). Refunds will be granted according to the following policies as long as the family disenrolls from the Academy via email or other written notice to the Member Services department as well as placing a telephone call the office. Both written and telephone notices are needed for disenrollment from homeschool enrollment to be completed and for any refunds to be issued. Fees such as Shipping & Handling, Application or Homeschool enrollment fees and Miscellaneous and/or homeschool curriculum and/or CD and/or Multi-Media fees are non-refundable. The single exception to this policy is that if The New Hope Homeschool Program is unable to accept a student into our program for any reason, the Application/Homeschool enrollment fee is fully refundable.
Any refunds for any given regular learning year must be requested on or before June 30 of that learning year. Any refunds for any summer session or extension must be requested on or before August 30 of that summer session. We are not able to offer any refunds or credits requested after those dates because we close our accounting at those times.
Tuition fees may be refundable according to the following schedule:
Disenrollment within 30 days of homeschool enrollment: Disenrollment can only be authorized by an owner or administrator of New Hope. If entire yearly tuition has been paid in full at the time of registration, the New Hope will receive a refund of their entire tuition payment minus 25%. If installment plan payments were agreed to at the time of registration and have been paid according to the agreement, all tuition paid minus the first installment payment will be refunded.
If the student is enrolled in additional homeschool courses beyond the 6 covered by tuition, and the student is disenrolled from an additional homeschool course within 30 days of the student's first day of attendance, the student will receive a refund of 75% of the additional homeschool course fee of $195.00. The refund does not apply to homeschool curriculum materials, CD Usage Fees or any other fees necessary for homeschool enrollment in the additional homeschool courses. Disenrollment after 30 days of homeschool enrollment date: After 30 days from registration, all yearly tuition fees are due and payable. No refunds are available on tuition, homeschool curriculum materials, CD Usage Fees or any other fees. If the student is enrolled in additional homeschool courses beyond the 6 covered by tuition, and the student disenrolls from an additional homeschool course after 30 days of the student's first day of attendance, no refunds are available on tuition, homeschool curriculum materials, CD Usage Fees or any other fees.
Financial Responsibility
At times, Learning By Grace may offer The New Hope Homeschool Program installment payment plan to make it easier for homeschool parents or guardians to budget yearly tuition costs. This plan is offered interest free as long as invoice payments are not late. For accounts that are not current, a finance charge of 1.5% (subject to State and National regulations) and a Late Fee of $5.00 is added on a monthly basis and will accumulate until the account is paid. Payments may be made through our secure online payment system by logging into the "parent" account and clicking on the "Make Payment" button. Homeschool parents may also call Client Services at 1-866-FOR-GRACE, Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm EST for assistance with making payments or asking questions about your account.
Accounts that are placed in collection because of non-payment are subject to additional fees as permitted by law. The account holder is responsible for all collection costs (legal and para-legal) associated with collection activities for accounts that are cancelled for non-payment. Accounts cancelled for non-payment are subject to an additional $149.00 per student homeschool curriculum fee. However this fee will be credited upon return of all homeschool curriculum materials in good useable condition within 30 days of cancellation. Accounts cancelled or suspended for non-payment are subject to reporting to credit agencies and collection services.
Return of Homeschool Curriculum Materials
Homeschool curriculum materials are provided to our families via ground shipment after homeschool enrollment has been completed and, for 6-12 grades, after homeschool course selection has been finalized. Homeschool curriculum materials may include, but are not limited to, textbooks, workbooks and age-appropriate supplemental materials. These homeschool curriculum materials are provided to enhance the child's educational experience. These materials are not necessary for the completion of homeschool courses. The New Hope Homeschool Program is primarily an online learning environment and, as such, the bulk of the student's homeschool curriculum is presented online. Additionally, CDs containing essential video and audio are included in your homeschool curriculum shipment. There is a CD Usage Fee of 7.95 per CD. Some homeschool courses do not have CDs while others can be accompanied by one to ten CDs. For families who have paid the tuition and fees in full upon registration or according to the agreed tuition installment plan, the Homeschool curriculum Materials do not need to be returned. Video CDs are programmed with a Digital Rights Management function that will allow them to be played only during the current school year; they can be disposed of after that time.
Suspension, Expulsion and Dis Enrollment
Suspension is a temporary discontinuance of access to The New Hope Homeschool Program private sections. Homeschool students remain enrolled during a suspension and all financial responsibilities remain in effect during a suspension. If a student is expelled for any reason, the financial responsibility to the tuition ceases upon expulsion. Suspension or expulsion can occur for a variety of reasons, including abuse of Social Center privileges.
Privacy
We recommend that you review our Homeschool Website Privacy Policy that is posted on this homeschool web site, which is part of these web site Terms of Use and which we may amend from time to time. If at any time you are not in compliance with the policy, we have the right to terminate your rights of use and access to this homeschool web site. Unfortunately, we cannot insure that all personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in the Homeschool Website Privacy Policy. We may be required by law to disclose information to government authorities, law enforcement or to third parties upon subpoena, and you authorize us to disclose information as we believe, in our sole discretion, is necessary or appropriate. Religious Content and World-View
Submission of Materials
All comments, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information that you transmit to us through this homeschool web site become and will remain our property and may be used by us anywhere, anytime and for any reason whatsoever. Any materials or information submitted to us will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we will not have any obligation to use or evaluate any information we receive from you. In addition, we will not be under any obligation to respond in any way or reveal to you any information about The New Hope Homeschool Program or any of its affiliates. We will not have to pay you or anyone else for using any ideas or other materials that you may transmit to us in connection with the use of this homeschool web site. You should rely solely on your rights under the patent, trademark, and copyright laws. The receipt or consideration of your information by us shall in no way impair our right to contest the validity of your patent, trademark, or copyright. Of homeschool course, you are not to transmit to this homeschool web site any material which is unlawful, threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, degrading, defamatory, libelous, deceptive; fraudulent, or which may give rise to civil or criminal liability, infringe a third party's intellectual property rights, or otherwise violate any law or regulation. Even though we may monitor and review transmissions, we assume no responsibility or liability which may arise from the content thereof, including - but not limited to - claims for defamation, libel, slander, obscenity, pornography, profanity or misrepresentation.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This homeschool web site (excluding linked sites) is operated by us from our offices and it can be accessed from all 50 states in the United States, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ, by accessing this homeschool web site, you agree that these web site Terms of Use and your use of this homeschool web site shall be governed in all respects by the internal substantive laws of the geographic location of the physical headquarters of The New Hope Homeschool Program. You further submit to jurisdiction and venue in the federal and state courts located where the physical headquarters are located and further agree that any cause of action you may bring arising under your use of this homeschool web site shall be brought by you exclusively in a federal or state court. We make no representation that materials on this homeschool web site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
No Warranty
We provide the homeschool ebooks, homeschool etexts, graphics, and other information on this homeschool web site free of charge, subject to these web site Terms of Use. We make no warranties or representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, or any other aspect of the information on this homeschool web site and assume no liability in connection with any use of this information. THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE, THE HOMESCHOOL EBOOKS, HOMESCHOOL ETEXTS, GRAPHICS, AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "WHERE IS," AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE ALSO DO NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE OR OUR SERVICES, AND OPERATION OF THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. YOU USE THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, costs, liabilities, losses and damages of any kind (including attorneys' fees) resulting from your use of this homeschool web site, your breach of any provision of these web site Terms of Use and/or any intentional wrongdoing by you. Any such indemnification shall be conditioned on our: (a) notifying you in writing of any such claim, demand, action, cost, liability, loss or threat of any thereof; (b) cooperating with you in the defense or settlement thereof; and (c) allowing you to control such defense or settlement. We shall be entitled to participate in such defense at our own cost and expense. We reserve the right to report any wrongdoing, if we become aware of it, to the applicable government agencies or otherwise.
Limitation of Liability
In the event that you have a dispute with one or more users of this homeschool web site, you release us (and our agents and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual, consequential and punitive) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with this homeschool web site or such disputes. You waive the provisions of any law or regulation limiting or prohibiting a general release. NEITHER The New Hope Homeschool Program, ITS AFFILIATES, NOR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY THAT ACCOMPANY OR RESULT FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE, OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS AND USE THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE, OR FROM DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THIS SITE. NOR WILL ANY SUCH PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER LOSSES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES OF ANY KIND WHICH MAY ARISE, DIRECTLY, OR INDIRECTLY FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS HOMESCHOOL WEB SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANYTHING CAUSED BY: A) INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE INFORMATION; B) COMPUTER VIRUSES; C) SOFTWARE BUGS; D) HUMAN ACTION OR INACTION; E) ANY COMPUTER SYSTEM, PHONE LINE, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR PROGRAM MALFUNCTIONS; OR F) ANY OTHER ERRORS, FAILURE OR DELAYS IN COMPUTER TRANSMISSION OR NETWORK CONNECTION. The limitations of liability provided in these web site Terms of Use inure to the benefit of The New Hope Homeschool Program, our affiliates and to all of our respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents.
Other General Provisions
If any provision of these web site Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be struck and the remaining provisions enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only. To protect the privacy of our parents and students photographs and images depicting parents, students, staff and/or other individuals on this website are usually created by professional photographers and are not current, or past participants of one or more of our online academy programs. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These web site Terms of Use, and all writings and web pages incorporated by reference into these web site Terms of Use, set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof.

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