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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/26/2005 3:17:03 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Louisiana--Calls Needed to Oppose Lowering Compulsory School Age to 5 |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== April 26, 2005 Louisiana--Calls Needed to Oppose Lowering Compulsory School Age to 5 Dear HSLDA members and friends: We need your calls to the House Education Committee to oppose House Bill 476. This bill would lower the compulsory attendance age in Louisiana from 7 to 5. This means that homeschooling families will have to report two years earlier than they have to right now. This bill will affect all homeschool families regardless of whether you file as a home study program or a home-based private school. Yesterday was the first day of the Louisiana legislative session and it is off to a fast start. Please call now to help defeat this bill before it has a chance to gain momentum. ACTION REQUESTED 1) Please call and email as many of the Education Committee Members listed below as you can and give them this message: "Please oppose House Bill 476, a bill lowering the compulsory attendance age from 7 to 5. Lowering the compulsory attendance age to mandate school for 5 and 6 year-olds would only waste taxpayers' money and prevent parents from deciding whether their children are ready for school." House Education Committee Members: Chairman Representative Carl Crane District Office (225) 766-7274 E-mail Address: ccrane@legis.state.la.us Vice-Chairman Representative Avon Honey District Office (225) 771-5674 E-mail Address: ahoney@legis.state.la.us Members Representative Ernie Alexander District Office: (337) 262-1214 E-mail Address: larep043@legis.state.la.us Representative Austin Badon District Office: (504) 243-7783 E-mail Address: larep100@legis.state.la.us Representative Regina Barrow District Office: (225) 359-9331 E-mail Address: larep029@legis.state.la.us Representative A. G. Crowe District Office: (985) 643-3600 E-mail Address: larep076@legis.state.la.us Representative Hollis Downs District Office: (318) 251-5039 E-mail Address: hdowns@legis.state.la.us Representative James R. Fannin District Office: (318) 259-6620 E-mail Address: larep013@legis.state.la.us Representative Hunter Greene District Office: (225) 927-9455 E-mail Address: webreps@legis.state.la.us Representative Lelon Kenney District Office: (318) 649-9100 E-mail Address: larep020@legis.state.la.us Representative Henry Powell District Office: (985)386-2910 E-mail Address: larep073@legis.state.la.us Representative Mike Powell District Office: (318) 869-0008 E-mail Address: larep006@legis.state.la.us Representative Harold L. Ritchie District Office: (985) 730-2147 E-mail Address: larep075@legis.state.la.us Representative Jane H. Smith District Office: (318) 741-2825 E-mail Address: larep008@legis.state.la.us Representative Donald M. Trahan District Office: (337) 984-0175 E-mail Address: larep031@legis.state.la.us Representative T. D. Wright District Office: (318) 992-8882 E-mail Address: larep022@legis.state.la.us Speaker of the House Representative Joe R. Salter Office (800) 259-4135 E-mail Address: larep024@legis.state.la.us BACKGROUND - Lowering the compulsory attendance age from seven to five would subject Louisiana home educators to the requirements of the homeschool statute two years earlier than is now required. (You do not need to 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. For more information on compulsory attendance, please see our memorandum at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=2286 Sincerely, Thomas J. Schmidt HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? 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