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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/17/2005 6:22:19 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Montana--Calls Needed to Break Committee Deadlock on Driver Education |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 17, 2005 Montana--Calls Needed to Break Committee Deadlock on Driver Education Dear HSLDA members and friends: Calls are needed immediately to expand parental freedom. House Bill 673 would give parents the right to teach their children driver's education. This bill is stalled in the House Transportation Committee. Your calls are needed to Democrats on the Committee to break a deadlock vote which took place Wednesday of this week. The Committee voted along party lines, with Republicans voting in favor of the measure and Democrats voting against it. The Committee is scheduled to meet again on Friday, February 18, 2005, at which time another vote will be taken to determine the fate of this bill. This bill would establish a way for parents to provide driver's education as an acceptable alternative to obtaining the training through the public school system. Students instructed by their parents under the proposed law would be able to obtain a learning permit so long as a parent meets certain requirements. This bill would not prohibit parents from teaching their children how to drive, as they are now entitled to do. This bill would empower parents to choose their own curriculum and to provide the training now only offered through the local school district. ACTION REQUESTED: 1. Please contact the Democratic members of the House Transportation Committee listed below with this message: "Please vote for House Bill 673 which would authorize parents to conduct driver's education for their children. Many families in Montana have to travel long distances to obtain the driver's education in a public school, and some school districts will not permit nonpublic or homeschool students to be enrolled in these programs." There is no time to write a letter. Please call and email the Democratic members of the Committee. They need to hear from you right away. House Transportation Committee Democrats: Rep. JILL COHENOUR (D) Rep. GEORGE GOLIE (D) Rep. LARRY JENT (D) Rep. MONICA J LINDEEN (D) Rep. BOB BERGREN (D) Rep. JIM KEANE (D) You can call any of the Representatives listed above at (406) 444-3064. REASONS WE SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 673 - This bill enables parents of students in a homeschool or nonpublic school to conduct driver's education for their children. In doing so, parents will have the flexibility to choose the best curriculum for their children. - This legislation provides higher standards than current driver's education, ensuring that the student drives under the direct supervision of a parent for ten hours per month for a minimum of six months or 500 miles each month. The student must drive at least 60 hours or 3,000 miles during the training period, including urban areas for at least 15 hours and during hours of darkness for at least six hours. BACKGROUND There are many instances in Montana in which parents live a long distance from where the driver's education program is being offered at public schools. Presently there are still a few districts that are not willing to permit homeschool students to participate in their training programs. This bill would remove the considerable inconvenience suffered by homeschooling families attempting to get driver's education for their children and, for some families, would provide the only reasonable means by which their children may obtain the required instruction. To review a copy of the bill text go to: http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0673.htm Please contact these six Democratic members of the Committee today. Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> 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. We'd never homeschool without them. 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