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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/8/2002 6:33:00 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New Hampshire--H.B. 1408 Scheduled for a Floor Vote - Please Lobby Your Representative! |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- February 8, 2002 Dear New Hampshire Members and Friends, The rights of many home schoolers could be compromised next Thursday as New Hampshire House Bill 1408 is scheduled for a floor vote. Although this bill failed to pass in the House Children and Family Law Committee on January 24, the House will still conduct a debate and vote on this harmful bill Thursday, February 14. ACTION REQUESTED: Please visit or call your representative before February 14 with the following message: "Please vote NO on H.B. 1408, concerning truancy ordinances. We are a home school family and are opposed to this bill because a) towns and cities across the state of New Hampshire may use newfound power to unnecessarily 'crack down' on home schooling families; b) towns will not be held accountable to the state and there will be confusion of the law; and c) violation of a town's truancy ordinance, no matter how trivial, could result in parents being charged with child neglect. We urge you to vote NO on H.B. 1408." You can obtain the contact information for your representative by using the legislative toolbox on Home School Legal Defense Association's website: http://capwiz.com/hslda/dbq/officials/directory/legislist.dbq?state=NH &dir=hslda&command=statedir&keycontacts=H&submit.x=18&submit.y=11 POSITION: H.B. 1408 will expose home schoolers to local city truancy ordinances, which could vary greatly from area to area. It will also allow for summons to be issued to minors between the ages of 13 and 17 to require their appearance in court. This bill could potentially give towns that think home schooling is their biggest "truancy" problem a "blank check" to harass home school families. It is imperative that we give our best effort to quash this harmful bill. Thank you for your efforts to preserve home school freedom in New Hampshire! Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff, Esq. {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 E-mail: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an e-mail with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: {{Email}} - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an e-mail from the e-mail address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your e-mail address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid e-mail address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this e-mail address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any e-mail sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send e-mail to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also e-mail staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
