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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/24/2003 5:02:46 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Texas--Homeschoolers Defeat Registration Bill |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- April 24, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, We are excited to announce another victory in Texas! We can now say that Senate Bill 586, the homeschool registration bill, is dead and no longer a threat homeschoolers. When Senator Barrientos introduced S.B. 586 in February, we contacted his office and were told the purpose of their bill was to prevent the problem of inaccurate statistics on public school dropouts. Senator Barrientos believed requiring homeschoolers to register with the Commissioner of Education would fix this problem. HSLDA refused to compromise on the issue and explained homeschoolers want to keep the freedom they have earned after years of major court battles. We asked Senator Barrientos to withdraw the bill but he refused. HSLDA sent out an alert urging homeschoolers to contact Senator Barrientos and express their opposition to the bill. Over the next few weeks, Senator Barrientos' office received thousands of calls and email from homeschoolers opposing the bill. In the meantime, we continued to communicate with the legislature to resolve this issue. Just this week HSLDA's Legislative Counsel Tom Sanders spoke with Sen. Barrientos' office where they told him that S.B. 586 is "essentially dead." The bill will remain on the committee agenda until the end of the legislative session, but no more action will be taken on it. Your faithfulness in communicating your opposition to S.B. 586 played a vital part in killing it. Thank you for your efforts! HSLDA will continue to monitor Texas legislation and will report on it through email and our website. Sincerely, Chris Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel {{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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
