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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/14/2003 10:04:22 AM Home School Legal Defense Association North Dakota-- Please Attend Hearing Scheduled on HB 1182 |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- January 14, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, HSLDA has been informed that the North Dakota Legislature's House Education Committee has scheduled a hearing on House Bill 1182. The hearing will take place in the Pioneer Room at the State Capitol in Bismarck, on Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 8:30 a.m. As mentioned in the message I sent out last week, H.B. 1182 would require homeschool students to meet the state standards on the state tests public school students are required to take. It is crucial in protecting your academic freedoms that your family attends this hearing to show the Committee members that home educators oppose this bill. I will be there to testify on behalf of our member families in North Dakota. This E-lert is being sent to you on short notice, because as late as last evening we had hoped that the House Education Committee might withdraw this bill from further consideration. Monday afternoon the House and Senate Education Committees held a joint meeting to discuss various matters regarding the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, including the effect of House Bill 1182. Unfortunately, the hearing on this bill is still scheduled for Wednesday morning. REQUESTED ACTION (1) Please attend the hearing of the House Education Committee on Wednesday morning to demonstrate your opposition to House Bill 1182. Contact other homeschooling families who are not members of HSLDA and urge them to attend this hearing as well. State lawmakers must see that homeschoolers are willing to fight for their freedoms. (2) Please contact the members of the House Education Committee and your own state representative with this message: "Please vote against House Bill 1182 which violates the right of parents to choose the curriculum they consider best for their own children. The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 specifically prohibits states from mandating that homeschool students take state assessments. Enactment of this bill will jeopardize all federal funding for education in North Dakota." A letter is the most effective means of influencing legislators. If you choose not to write, please call and email the state representatives. They need to hear from every homeschooling family in North Dakota. For a list of the committee members visit our site at: http://www.hslda.org/Legislation/State/nd/2003/NDHB1182/default.asp To get the name of your state representative, use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox. If you do not have Internet access, call the North Dakota legislative telephone message center at 1-888-NDLEGIS (635-3447). (3) Please forward this E-lert to every homeschooling family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact the Committee members and their own state representative. BACKGROUND For more background information on this legislation visit our website at: http://www.hslda.org/Legislation/State/nd/2003/NDHB1182/default.asp To review a copy of the bill text, go to: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DQVV0100.pdf (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) To review a copy of the letter I sent to Dr. Wayne G. Sanstead, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, about this legislation, go to: http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/nd/200301070.asp To review a copy of Chris Klicka's memorandum on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, go to: http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200301080.asp With your help, we can defeat this attempt to curtail homeschool freedom in North Dakota. Please join me in Bismark on Wednesday. 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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