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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/4/2005 4:42:06 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Hawaii--Victory in the House! Calls Still Needed in the Senate |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 4, 2005 Hawaii--Victory in the House! Calls Still Needed in the Senate Dear HSLDA members and friends: Thank you for all your calls--they had an impact! On Tuesday, the House Education Committee voted 7-0 to "hold" House Bill 61. We were told from members who were at the meeting that the Committee Chairman, Representative Roy M. Takumi, acknowledged that the legislature had received quite a few calls about this bill. HSLDA thanks Lora Burbage of Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii who informed the Committee Chairman of our concerns about this bill. It is likely that House Bill 61 has been defeated but there is still the Senate version of the bill. Please continue to call about Senate Bill 488 to ensure that homeschoolers will not have to file the notice to teach their children at home or report the annual progress of their 5-year-old children. ACTION REQUESTED 1. Please call the Senate Education Committee members listed below and give them this message: "Please oppose SB 488. Expanding compulsory school attendance would only waste taxpayers' money and take away the right of parents to decide whether their children are ready for school." You do not need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. Committee Chairman Senator Norman Sakamoto Phone 808-586-8585 e-mail sensakamoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov Vice-Chair Senator Gary L. Hooser Phone 808-586-6030 From Kauai, toll free 274-3141 + 66030 E-mail senhooser@Capitol.hawaii.gov Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland Phone 808-586-6130 e-mail senchunoakland@Capitol.hawaii.gov Senator Clarence K. Nishihara Phone 808-586-6970 e-mail sennishihara@Capitol.hawaii.gov Senator Shan S. Tsutsui Phone 808-586-7344 From Maui, toll free 984-2400 + 67344 e-mail sentsutsui@Capitol.hawaii.gov Senator Bob Hogue Phone 808-587-7215 E-mail senhogue@Capitol.hawaii.gov BACKGROUND - Lowering the compulsory attendance age from six to five would subject Hawaii home educators to the requirements of the homeschool laws one year earlier. (You should not share this reason with your legislators). - Many education experts have concluded that beginning a child's formal education too early may actually result in burnout and poor scholastic performance later. - Lowering the compulsory attendance age erodes the authority of parents who are in the best position to determine when their child's formal education should begin. - It would restrict parents' freedom to decide if their children are ready for school. - Another significant impact of expanding the compulsory attendance age would be an inevitable tax increase to pay for more classroom space and teachers to accommodate the additional students compelled to attend public schools. For more information on compulsory attendance, please see our memorandum at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1421 . 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