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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/7/2004 5:24:27 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New York--Reminder: We Need You at the Rally for Homeschool Freedom in Albany! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 5, 2004 New York--Reminder: We Need You at the Rally for Homeschool Freedom in Albany! Dear HSLDA members and friends: This year's Homeschool Legislative Rally day, sponsored by Loving Education at Home (LEAH), is fast approaching! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 11th, and plan on bringing your whole family to Albany. It is imperative for you and your family to come to Albany and make your voices heard! Since the New York Assembly does not hold hearings, this is the homeschoolers opportunity to be heard on two very important issues: The "homeschool freedom bill," A4598, which will end 75% of the regulations on homeschooling and the "homeschool anti- collegediscrimination bill", S.B. 6094. This year the Senate version of the Homeschool Freedom Bill, Senate Bill 2060, has again passed the full Senate unanimously. However, the bill is being held up in the Assembly. The Assembly needs to know how important this bill is to homeschool families. Another issue that HSLDA and LEAH are working on is the college discrimination issue that many homeschool graduates are experiencing when trying to gain admission to the New York state colleges and universities. We have drafted a bill, Senate Bill 6094 to solve the problem. In order for the Assembly and the press to know that homeschoolers care about their freedoms we need you in Albany! The more people who are able to come to the Homeschool Legislative Rally day, the more impact this message will have. If only a hundred people show up, the effect will be minimal. If a thousand people show up, the Assembly will sit up and take notice! Make May 11, 2004, a field trip for your entire family and help get important legislation for homeschool freedom enacted into law! Requested Action (1) By far, the most influential method of communicating with your state legislators is by personal contact. Please bring your whole family to Albany on May 11, 2004, for the Homeschool Legislative Rally. The Homeschool Legislative Rally will begin at noon on the West side of the Capitol building. Before coming to the Homeschool Legislative Rally, we urge you to schedule a meeting with your Assemblyman and/or state Senator before or after the rally. The rally will last about 45 minutes. There will be handouts provided at the rally. You can also download the handouts at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1510 Tell all your homeschooling friends about the need to attend and organize car pools to Albany. The rally will provide you with the opportunity to influence your legislators and the educational bureaucrats to put an end to policies which discriminate against homeschoolers in college admissions, and to ask our legislators to pass bills S2060 / A4598, which will reduce the homeschool regulations by 75%. (2) If you are unable to come to Albany other ways of communicating with your legislator include phone and e-mail. Please take time to call or e-mail your Assembly member about this important legislation. Please contact the Assembly Education Committee and give them this message: "Please bring Assembly Bill 4598/Senate Bill 2060 for a vote. These bills will relieve public school officials and homeschooling parents from burdensome and costly administrative tasks. Home educators have earned the right to regulatory relief after demonstrating their success under the current law for the past 15 years." Assembly Education Committee Members Assemblyman Steven Sanders - Chairman 518-455-5506 sanders@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Carmen E. Arroyo 518-455-5402 arroyoc@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman James F. Brennan 518-455-5377 brennaj@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Barbara M. Clark 518-455-4711 clarkb@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman James D. Conte 518-455-5732 contej@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. 518-455-5514 diazr@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Thomas P. DiNapoli 518-455-5192 dinapot@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Patricia A. Eddington 518-455-4901 eddingp@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Steve Englebright 518-455-4804 engles@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene 518-455-5671 greenea@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Earlene Hooper 518-455-5861 Assemblywoman Susan V. John 518-455-4527 johns@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Tom Kirwan 518-455-5762 kirwant@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Steven L. Labriola 518-455-5305 labrios@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman John W. Lavelle 518-455-4677 lavellj@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman William B. Magnarelli 518-455-4826 magnarw@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Joel M. Miller 518-455-5725 millerj@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Matthew Mirones 518-455-5716 mironem@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman William L. Parment 518-455-4511 parmenw@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Amy Paulin 518-455-5585 paulina@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Philip Ramos 518-455-5185 ramosp@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Bill Reilich 518-455-4664 reilicw@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Teresa R. Sayward 518-455-5565 saywart@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman William Scarborough 518-455-4451 scarbow@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava 518-455-5797 scozzad@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Scott Stringer 518-455-5802 strings@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Robert K. Sweeney 518-455-5787 sweeney@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Ronald C. Tocci 518-455-4897 toccir@assembly.state.ny.us Assemblyman Paul D. Tonko 518-455-5197 tonkop@assembly.state.ny.us You can call and thank the sponsor who is also on the Education Committee Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg 518-455-3028 weisenh@assembly.state.ny.us To see more information on these and other bills HSLDA is monitoring in New York, visit our website at: http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/NY/default.asp We look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, Chris Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel {{JoinAd}} ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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