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| Date: From: Subject: | 11/11/2002 3:08:14 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Pennsylvania--Committee Vote Scheduled on Home Schooling Bill |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- November 11, 2002 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, We have just received information that the House Education Committee will vote on House Bill 2560 at its meeting on November 13, 2002. Unfortunately, unless more members of the Committee decide to support this bill, it will be defeated when it is considered at this hearing and will be dead for this legislative session. Your calls to undecided and opposing members of the Committee and your attendance at the hearing are needed in order for this bill to receive a favorable vote. REQUESTED ACTION 1. Below is a list of members of the Pennsylvania House Education Committee who are undecided or opposed to H.B. 2560. We urge you to immediately contact these members and give them this message: "Please attend the Education Committee meeting on November 13th and vote for House Bill 2560 which will relieve public school officials and homeschooling parents from burdensome administrative tasks. Home educators have earned the right to less state oversight after demonstrating their success under the current law for the past 14 years. Support only the amendments favored by Representative Sam Rohrer." Please call as many members as possible. We recommend that you first call the Harrisburg office before trying to reach the legislator in the district office. HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE UNDECIDED OR OPPOSED TO H.B. 2560 (Listed in the following order: Name - County - Email address - Harrisburg phone - District phone) Rep. Jess Stairs, Maj. Chair - Fayette/Westmoreland - jstairs@pahousegop.com - (717) 783-9311 - (724) 423-5141 Rep. Fred McIlhattan - Armstrong/ Clarion - fmcilhat@pahousegop.com - (717) 772-9908 - (814) 226-9000 Rep. Edward Krebs - Lebanon - ekrebs@pahousegop.com - (717) 783-1815 - (717) 270-1905 Rep. Jerry Nailor - Cumberland - jnailor@pahousegop.com - (717) 783- 5282 - (717) 761-4665 Rep. Robert Flick - Chester/Delaware - rflick@pahousegop.com - (717) 787-8579 - (610) 251-1070 Rep. Lynn Herman - Centre/Clearfield - lherman@pahousegop.com - (717) 787-8594 - (814) 238-5477 Rep. Ronald Miller - York - rmiller@pahousegop.com - (717) 783-8389 - (717) 428-9889 Rep. Jere Schuler - Lancaster - jschuler@pahousegop.com - (717) 783- 6422 - (717) 464-5285 Rep. Nick Colafella - Min. Chair - Beaver - tmclaugh@pahouse.net - (717) 787-5475 - (724) 728-7655 Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland - Philadelphia - tkirklan@pahouse.net - (717) 787-5881 - (610) 876-6420 Rep. William Robinson - Allegheny - wrobinso@pahouse.net - (717) 787- 9460 - (412) 471-7760 Rep. James Roebuck - Philadelphia - jroebuck@pahouse.net - (717) 783- 1000 - (215) 724-2227 Rep. Lawrence Curry - Montgomery - lcurry@pahouse.net - (717) 783- 1079, (215) 572-5210 Rep. Rich Grucela - Northampton - rgrucela@pahouse.net - (717) 705- 1878 - (610) 614-1312 Rep. Phyllis Mundy - Lurzerne - pmundy@pahouse.net - (717) 783-1614 - (570) 283-9622 Rep. Sara Steelman - Cambria/Indiana - ssteelma@pahouse.net - (717) 772-2046 - (724) 465-0220 Rep. P. Michael Sturla - Lancaster - msturla@pahouse.net - (717) 787- 3555 - (717) 295-3157 COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 2560. Please call them and ask them to attend this crucial meeting. Rep. Bob Bastian - Bedford/Somerset - bbastian@pahousegop.com - (717) 783-8756 - (814) 443-4230 Rep. Paul Clymer - Bucks - ekrick@pahousegop.com - (717) 783-3154 - (215) 257-0279 Rep. Patrick Fleagle - Franklin - pfleagle@pahousegop.com - (717) 783- 5218 Rep. Bev Makereth - York - bmackere@pahousegop.com - (717) 783-2655 - (717) 767-3947 Rep. Daryl Metcalfe - Butler - dmetcalf@pahousegop.com - (717) 783- 1707 - (724) 772-3110 Rep. Sam Rohrer - Berks - samrohrer@aol.com - (717) 787-8550 - (610) 775-5130 Rep. Thomas Stevenson - Allegheny - tstevens@pahousegop.com - (717) 787-2047 - (412) 571-2169 Rep. John Lawless - Montgomery - jlawless@pahouse.net - (717) 787- 5741 - (610) 631-5100 Rep. Tom Yewcic - Cambria/Somerset - tyewcic@pahouse.net - (717) 783- 0248 - (814) 536-8400 2. We also ask you to contact your own state representative if he is not on the Committee, ascertain his position on H.B. 2560, and then either thank him for his support or urge him to vote for this bill. If H.B. 2560 passes the House Education Committee, it is likely that it will move quickly to the full House for consideration. 3. Additionally, please contact your state senator asking for support of this legislation. We are advised that if the House of Representatives passes House Bill 2560, the full Senate may vote on it without having the Senate Education Committee first pass it. Again, this may take place very quickly after consideration by the House, so there may not be time to make calls to senators later. [To get the name and telephone number of your state senator or representative, use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at: http://www.hslda.org/toolbox , or you can call the office of the Chief Clerk of the Senate at (717) 787-7163, or the office of the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives at (717) 787-2372.] 4. Finally, please attend the hearing of the House Education Committee on Wednesday, November 13, 2002. The hearing will take place in Room 205 of the Ryan Building at 10:00 a.m. It is important to arrive early because of limited space in the meeting room. There will be overflow space in the lobby to accommodate hundreds of interested home educators. As was done at the earlier meeting of the House Education Committee on July 13, 2002, supporters of House Bill 2560 are urged to wear red to show their support of this legislation. To read the reasons HSLDA supports H.B. 2560 visit: http://www.hslda.org/legislation/state/PA/2002/PAHB2560/default.asp To read my response to objections to H.B. 2560 raised by its opponents visit: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=416 To review a copy of the bill text visit: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2001/0/HB2560P3799.HTM If you have any questions or concerns about what this bill would do, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information. Very truly yours, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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