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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/12/2002 5:21:13 PM Scott A. Woodruff, Esq., Staff Attorney of HSLDA New Hampshire--UPDATE: HB 1408-House Vote Imminent |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- February 12, 2002 Dear New Hampshire Members and Friends, Tomorrow is the last day for making calls to oppose House Bill 1408. Your call will make a difference! If you have not yet spoken personally to your representative to ask him to oppose HB 1408, please keep calling and trying to get through! One representative recently told a home schooler that even if the bill were enacted, home schooling families would be protected from truancy problems if they had filed the proper notice under New Hampshire law. This is only partially correct. A properly filed notice provides a measure of protection from a charge of violating STATE law, but we have no idea if it will protect against a charge of violating LOCAL truancy ordinances. We have no idea even what such local truancy ordinances would demand! This is why the bill is so dangerous. We still expect the House to vote on this bill Thursday. This evening, tomorrow, and tomorrow evening will be your last realistic opportunities to ask your representative to vote against this bill that would open the door to so much harm to the home school community. Our last e-lert provided a web address you could use to obtain contact information for any New Hampshire representative: http://www.hslda.org/toolbox/?State=NH. The first telephone number listed for each representative, 603-271-1110, is a general line for the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The best phone number to use for contacting your representative, however, is the one listed under "Main District Office." You can use this number during daytime and evening hours. When you call, your message can be as simple as the following: "Please vote NO on H.B. 1408 concerning truancy ordinances. We are a home schooling 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." Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff, Esq. NOTE: For more information on this bill and a previous e-lert, see HSLDA's web page on H.B. 1408: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=331 {{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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
