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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/14/2004 5:24:58 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New Jersey--Hearing on A1918 Postponed, Weinberg Changes Strategy |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 14, 2004 New Jersey--Hearing on A1918 Postponed, Weinberg Changes Strategy Dear HSLDA members and friends: Thank you for your phone calls! It now appears that Loretta Weinberg believes her bill cannot become law as written. It has been taken off the list of bills set for a hearing on Monday. We have received a report that she is going to amend her bill, possibly in hopes of reducing opposition to it. Weinberg has already had plenty of time to amend her bill. It has now been scheduled for a hearing twice and pulled off the list twice on short notice. This erratic scheduling and rescheduling of hearings is disrespectful to New Jersey citizens. In any event, there is no amendment that can salvage this bill. No tinkering with the bill's wording can change the fact that it is based on a falsehood. The simple truth is that the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) -- not homeschooling -- is to blame for the apparent neglect of the Jackson children. ACTION REQUESTED: 1. There is no need to go to Trenton on Monday since the hearing has been postponed. However, the Education Committee is scheduled to meet on June 10. Please pencil that date on your calendar for a trip to Trenton to oppose A1918 in case it is set for a hearing at that time. 2. Face to face visits can be tremendously helpful. If you have not spoken with your Assemblypersons face to face, call their office and try to schedule a meeting so you can discuss A1918. 3. If you have previously tried to call your Assemblypersons but either did not get through or had to leave a message with an aide, continue calling so you can speak with him or her in person. Keep in mind that your Assemblypersons may not yet be familiar with A1918. Use our legislative toolbox to find your Assemblypersons' names and phone numbers: http://www.hslda.org/toolbox Your message can be as simple as: "Please oppose A1918 and any amendment to it. This bill violates federal law and will damage the fundamental parental rights of thousands of law abiding families who homeschool in New Jersey. The law already requires parents to give their children adequate medical care. The law already requires homeschool parents to give their children an equivalent education to the public school. Don't punish thousands of parents for the failure of the Division of Youth and Family Services to protect the Jackson children in Collingswood." 4. Have your children of suitable age write letters opposing A1918 to your Assemblypersons, with parental oversight. The voice of the children needs to be heard too. The following lawmakers have committed to opposing A1918 in its present form and do not need to be called for now. 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