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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/4/2005 4:55:53 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oregon--Calls Needed to Secure Cosponsors for Homeschool Equity Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 4, 2005 Oregon--Calls Needed to Secure Cosponsors for Homeschool Equity Bill Dear HSLDA members and friends: We need your help to expand freedom for homeschoolers in Oregon. Please call your Representative and Senator and ask them to co-sponsor the "Home School Equity Bill", LC 1462. We are working with the OCEANetwork to pass the Homeschool Equity Bill. We have a two-fold purpose in this effort: 1) increase freedom in Oregon for homeschooling families and 2) counteract the restrictive homeschool legislation that has already been introduced. Senator Bruce Starr has already sponsored the Homeschool Equity Bill in the Senate but we need your help to secure co-sponsors in order to demonstrate that this bill has wide support. We are seeking bi-partisan support for this bill and hope to attract co-sponsors from both parties. Please help by contacting your state representative and state senator NOW. ACTION REQUESTED 1) Contact your state senator and state representative now to request that he or she co-sponsor Senator Bruce Starr's "Home Education Equity Bill", LC 1462. Please give them this message: "Please co-sponsor the "Home School Equity Bill", LC 1462. This bill will better protect a parent's right to direct their children's education. Homeschoolers continue to excel academically and have earned the right to this relief. You can contact Senator Bruce Starr's office to join as a co-sponsor." You can find your legislator's phone number and address by using HSLDA's legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox or by typing in your street address at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=2067 . By far the best way to approach your Representative or Senator is by personal contact. However, if you are unable to meet with your Representative or Senator, you could talk with them over the phone about the bill. Be prepared to give your name and address so that your Representative or Senator will know that you live in their district. As a constituent of your elected official you have the potential to be very influential in convincing them to co-sponsor the Homeschool Equity Bill. 2) If you make a contact or an appointment, let the OCEANnetwork know by sending a message to williams@oceanetwork.org (with "Equity Bill" in the subject). 3) Pray as we work together and continue this fight to protect and defend the rights of parents to teach their children at home. REASONS WE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION: LC 1462 would make the following changes in the current law: - expand the educational options for homeschoolers by providing that a child may be educated by the parent or legal guardian or "at the direction of" a parent or legal guardian, thereby permitting parents or guardians to appoint someone else to conduct some or all of the instruction; - repeal the requirement that parents notify public school officials of their decision to homeschool; - repeal the testing requirements of the homeschool law, except for students participating in interscholastic activities at a public school. BACKGROUND Oregon first enacted a homeschool law in 1985, approximately 20 years ago. Since that time, numerous efforts have been made to enact amendments providing more freedom to parents. The most recent change occurred in 1999 when significant progress was made in reducing state oversight of homeschooling. As many of you know, in 2003 a bill was introduced to gain more freedom for parents. Even though the bill passed both the Senate and the House, the Governor of Oregon vetoed the bill. This time we hope to have enough votes to override any potential veto. We need to continue to fight for homeschool freedom. It is especially important to introduce and pass this legislation since Senate Bill 165, a bill to restrict the freedoms of homeschoolers in Oregon, has been already introduced. For more information on this and other bills HSLDA is monitoring in Oregon, visit our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=2068 Sincerely, Thomas Schmidt HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: We're thankful for the support HSLDA membership provides us. 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