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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/28/2003 4:26:24 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Utah-Senate Kills Truancy Bill |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- February 28, 2003 Dear HSLDA Member and Friends, Thank you for your hard work and active citizenship! Due to efforts of homeschoolers across Utah, on February 27 the Senate killed House Bill 76, which originally made it a crime to refuse to "cooperate" with school officials investigating truancy. Special thanks to homeschool leader Frank Mylar, who kept the heat on the Senate until the job was done! ACTION REQUESTED Please e-mail Bill Wright and the other Senators who voted to kill this bill to thank them for their vote. A suggested message would be, "Thank you for protecting homeschoolers from House Bill 76. Under Utah's current homeschool law, too many innocent families are in danger of truancy prosecutions." Senators who voted to kill HB 76: Gregory "S" Bell gbell@utahsenate.org James Evans jevans@utahsenate.org Beverly Evans bevevans@ubtanet.com Peter C. Knudson pknudson@utahsenate.org Bill Wright bwright@utahsenate.org Leonard M. Blackham lblackham@utahsenate.org Parley Hellewell parleyh@attbi.com David H. Steele dsteele@utahsenate.org L. Alma "Al" Mansell amansell@utahsenate.org D. Chris Buttars dcbuttars@utahsenate.org John W. (Bill) Hickman bhickman@utahsenate.org Howard A. Stephenson hstephenson@utahsenate.org Dan R. Eastman deastman@utahsenate.org Lyle W. Hillyard lhillyard@utahsenate.org Dave L. Thomas dthomas@co.summit.ut.us Scott K. Jenkins sjenkins@utahsenate.org Carlene M. Walker cwalker@utahsenate.org BACKGROUND For several years in a row, Senator Duane Bourdeaux has filed a bill to make it a crime to refuse to "cooperate" with school authorities who are investigating truancy. Unfortunately, many Utah homeschoolers have never been "approved" by their local school district, and therefore could be accused of "truancy." Until Utah's "approval" law is changed, any additional penalties on truants will be a threat to many homeschool families. For more information on this legislation visit: http://www.hslda.org/Legislation/State/ut/2003/uthb76/default.asp Very truly yours, Scott W. Somerville HSLDA Staff Attorney {{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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
