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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/29/2003 4:34:20 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oregon--Committee Hearing on Senate Bill 761 Tomorrow! |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- April 29, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Tomorrow, April 30, the Oregon House Education committee will conduct a hearing on Senate Bill 761 at 1:00 p.m. in Hearing Room E at the State Capitol in Salem. This is an especially important hearing, because the House Education Committee is considering whether to send SB 761 to the full House in light of the Governor's threat to veto this legislation. Your calls to the Committee members and your attendance at this hearing are needed to demonstrate homeschoolers' support for this important legislation. SB 761 would repeal the notice and testing requirements of the homeschool law. Parents would be free to teach their children at home without any contact whatsoever with public school officials. REQUESTED ACTION (1) We urge you to contact members of the House Education Committee listed below with this message: "Please vote for Senate Bill 761 which will relieve homeschooling parents from unnecessary state oversight. Home educators have earned the right to more freedom after demonstrating their success under the law for the past 18 years." Members of House Education Committee: Rep. Vic Backlund, Chair 503-986-1425 rep.vicbacklund@state.or.us Rep. Pat Farr, Vice-Chair 503-986-1414 rep.patfarr@state.or.us Rep. Elaine M. Hopson, Vice-Chair 503-986-1432 Rep. Brad Avakian 503-986-1434 rep.bradavakian@state.or.us Rep. Billy Dalto 503-986-1421 rep.billydalto@state.or.us Rep. Mary Nolan 503-986-1436 rep.marynolan@state.or.us Rep. Wayne Scott 503-986-1439 rep.waynescott@state.or.us (2) Please attend the hearing of the House Education Committee at the State Capitol on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in Hearing Room E. This bill will not get through the Oregon Legislative Assembly without the enthusiastic and visible support of home educators. REASONS WE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION: Senate Bill 761 would make the following changes in the current law: - expand the educational options for homeschoolers by providing that a child may be educated by the parent or legal guardian or "at the direction of" a parent or legal guardian, thereby permitting parents or guardians to appoint someone else to conduct some or all of the instruction; - repeal the requirement that parents notify the public school officials of their decision to homeschool; - repeal the testing requirements of the homeschool law, except for students participating in interscholastic activities at a public school; and - remove the requirement that the education service district or school district determine that a child under 18 is being homeschooled in order to get a driver's license. BACKGROUND Oregon first enacted a homeschool law in 1985, approximately 18 years ago. Since that time, numerous efforts have been made to enact amendments providing more freedom to parents. The most recent change in the law occurred in 1999 when significant progress was made in reducing state oversight of homeschooling. Senate Bill 761 represents a continuation of legislative efforts to gain more freedom for parents. If Senate Bill 761 is enacted, Oregon will join a growing majority of states requiring no standardized testing of homeschooled students. Further, public school officials will have no record of children being homeschooled, because parents will not be required to even notify public school officials of their decision to conduct home instruction. Oregon has the potential through this legislation to go from a state with a good homeschool law to a state with a great homeschool law. Let's work hard together to get this done this year. To see more information on this and other bills HSLDA is monitoring in Oregon, visit our website at: http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/OR/default.asp Sincerely, 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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