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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/17/2004 12:42:39 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Illinois--Calls Still Needed to Urge Governor to Veto Compulsory Attendance Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== June 17, 2004 Illinois--Calls Still Needed to Urge Governor to Veto Compulsory Attendance Bill Dear HSLDA members and friends: Thank you for your calls to the Governor. You are making an impact! To date the Governor has not signed Senate Bill 2918, so the bill can still be defeated. We need you to continue the calls to his office, however, to ensure his veto of the bill. S.B. 2918 raises the compulsory attendance age from 16 to 17. This bill rapidly passed the Senate and has now passed the House. If the Governor signs the bill, it will subject homeschool students to the requirements for private schools for another year. Homeschoolers have defeated these compulsory attendance age bills several times before. We can do it again! REQUESTED ACTION Call the Governor's office and urge him to veto S.B. 2918. You can give him the following message in your own words. "We urge you to vote against S.B. 2918 as it would waste taxpayer's money. Statistics demonstrate that compelling 17 year olds to attend school does not improve graduation rates." You do not need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. Governor Blagojevich's Office Phone: (217) 782-0244 Office of the Governor 207 State House Springfield, IL 62706 You can also email him at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1641 You can see additional information on this bill at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1642 Thank you for your efforts! Sincerely, Chris Klicka Senior Counsel Home School Legal Defense Association ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Who are the nation's best lobbyists? We don't know that this has ever been determined; but we do know that HSLDA's National Center for Home Education is the only national organization lobbying on behalf of homeschoolers on Capitol Hill. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1102 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: {{Email}} - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
