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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/6/2003 2:12:21 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oregon--Senate Passes Homeschool Freedom Bill; Calls Needed to Stop Veto |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- June 6, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, We are so close! The Home School Freedom Bill, Senate Bill 761, was passed by the Oregon Senate 21-9 on June 3. (The bill is now referred to as Senate Bill 761-A). This significant expansion of your freedom would not have been possible without all of your calls and letters to your state legislators. However, the Governor has urged various legislators to vote "no" on Senate Bill 761 and has threatened to veto this legislation. Here is a quote from the Coos Bay World yesterday: "Governor Kulongoski spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn said Tuesday that no final decision has been made, but that her boss is leaning toward vetoing the bill." "State School Superintendent Susan Castillo also opposes the bill, saying that it would allow irresponsible or incompetent parents to keep their child out of school and provide them with "no education at all." The Governor needs to hear from homeschoolers now. This bill has come too far to be defeated by veto. Please write a letter and call the Governor immediately. REQUESTED ACTION 1) We urge you to write Governor Kulongoski and ask him to sign Senate Bill 761-A into law. Simply write a short letter with the bill number clearly visible and end the letter with your address and signature. You may have each of your children write a letter or postcard, sending them separately. Write to Governor Kulongoski at: The Honorable Ted Kulongoski Governor of Oregon 160 State Capitol 900 Court Street Salem, Oregon 97301-4047 2) Call the Governor's comment line with this message (in your own words): "Please sign SB 761-A into law. Homeschooling has proven since 1985 that it works. Please lift the unnecessary regulation on thousands of innocent families and save the state wasted tax dollars." Governor's comment line phone number: 503-378-4582 BACKGROUND 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. 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