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| Date: From: Subject: | 7/22/2003 4:09:39 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Calls needed on H.R. 2732, the Homeschool Non-Discrimination Act |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- July 22, 2003 Dear HSLDA members and friends: On July 15, 2003, H.R. 2732, the Homeschool Non-Discrimination Act (HONDA), was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Congresswoman Musgrave (R-CO). Home School Legal Defense Association fully supports this bill. REQUESTED ACTION: Please call or write your representative in Washington and ask him or her to cosponsor this legislation. All that you need to say is that you are asking your congressman "to cosponsor the Homeschool Non- Discrimination Act, H.R. 2732." Without cosponsors, we will not be in a strong position to see the provisions in HONDA enacted. It is important that we get as many congressional cosponsors as we can this week, as at the end of this week the U.S. House will go out of session for the month of August. Cosponsorships cannot be recorded during the break, but HSLDA will be talking to House leadership during the break about the bill. To find your representative, call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224- 3121, or go to the web at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox Check the list "HONDA COSPONSORS" at the end of this email to find out if your congressman has already sponsored H.R. 2732. (For more information about HONDA, read the "BACKGROUND" section near the end of this email.) We need your assistance. Sincerely, Thomas Washburne, Esq. Director, National Center for Home Education Home School Legal Defense Association BACKGROUND ON HONDA: Through the years, HSLDA has routinely encountered several issues over and over again. These issues largely arise out of laws which were originally written in ignorance of the scope and nature of homeschooling. HONDA, while recognizing in the bill that the federal government cannot control homeschooling, first provides strong statements in support of private home education and then, in its substantive provisions, clarifies several existing laws which unfairly impact home education. In summary, HONDA addresses the following: 1. Higher Education Act. HONDA clarifies that colleges which admit homeschool graduates do not put the college's eligibility to participate in federal aid programs in doubt. Because of current confusion in the law, some colleges have even revoked admission to homeschool graduates. 2. Federal Privacy Protection. HONDA strengthens and extends existing federal privacy law concerning education records to include homeschool records held by public schools in those states which require the schools to hold such records. 3. Fair Labor Standards. HONDA permits older homeschooled teens to work during traditional school hours. 4. Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) child find issue. HONDA makes it clear that IDEA does not require forced evaluations of a child if a parent is not seeking IDEA services. 5. Education Savings Accounts and Byrd Scholarships. HONDA will allow parents to utilize federal education savings accounts for their homeschool expenses and allow homeschool graduates eligibility for Byrd college scholarships. For more information, including actual bill text, go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=978 Please contact your congressman and urge him/her to co-sponsor H.R. 2732. We need your calls in order to move this legislation forward. HONDA COSPONSORS: The following is a list of House members who have already co- sponsored the HONDA legislation. They DO NOT need phone calls, but if you live in their congressional districts, appreciation to them could be expressed! Aderholt, Robert B. Akin, W. Todd Barrett, Gresham Bartlett, Roscoe G. Beauprez, Bob Boehner, John A. 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