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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/17/2005 3:44:18 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oregon - Calls Needed to Help Pass Home Education Equity Bill in the House |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 17, 2005 Oregon - Calls Needed to Help Pass Home Education Equity Bill in the House Dear HSLDA members and friends: On Friday, May 13, the House Education Committee voted 4-2 in favor of the Home Education Equity Bill. Now the bill moves to the House floor and could be voted on this week. We need you to contact your Representative now to help bring more freedom to homeschool families in Oregon. Thanks to the hard work of OCEANetwork (OHEN) and your calls House Bill 2733 already has 18 of the 31 votes needed in the House to pass the bill. However, we need more than just those Representatives who have signed on as co-sponsors. You can make an impact by contacting your Representative and help obtain the remaining 13 votes. Please call and write to your State Representative and urge them to vote in favor of House Bill 2733. ACTION REQUESTED: Please call and write to your State Representative and give them this message in your own words: "Please support freedom for homeschoolers and vote for House Bill 2733. This bill will save taxpayer dollars and allow homeschool parents the freedom to determine what is in the best interests of their children. Home educators have earned the right to more freedom after demonstrating their success for the past 20 years." "During the House Education Committee work session Representative March explained that only 24% of homeschoolers in Lane County scored below the 50th percentile on standardized tests submitted in 1999 while 50% of public school students scored below the 50th percentile." To find your Representative you can use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at: http://www.hslda.org/toolbox or go to the Oregon Legislature at http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/ . If your State Representative is listed below as a co-sponsor of House Bill 2733 you can simply send an email to encourage them to continue to support the bill. House Co-sponsors: Representative Anderson Representative Avakian Representative Barker Representative Boquist Representative Brown Representative Bruun Representative Butler Representative Cameron Representative Dallum Representative Flores Representative Galizio Representative Garrard Representative Krieger Representative Kropf Representative Nelson Representative Richardson Representative Smith Representative Whisnant BACKGROUND: At the work session on Friday the House Education Committee voted 4-2 in favor of House Bill 2733, the Home Education Equity Bill. Voting was as follows: In favor: Chair Linda Flores (R) Vice Chair John Dallum (R) Rep. Debbie Farr (R) Rep. John Lim (R) Against: Vice Chair Steve March (D) Rep. Chip Shields (D) Absent: Rep. Arnie Roblan (D) As reported by OHEN some of the Representatives who voted in favor of the bill have a few reservations. Representative Lim believes that the state should continue to monitor the academic progress of homeschoolers. Representative Farr would like to continue to have the notification requirement but is supportive of eliminating the testing requirements. Representative Dallum was very supportive of home education. Of those opposed to the bill on the Committee, Representative Shields believes that it is not burdensome for homeschoolers to test their children 4 times over their lifetime. Representative March, in an attempt to argue for regulation of homeschoolers raised the point that in Lane County, 24% of the homeschoolers scored below the 50th percentile in the last reported testing (1999). However, the percentile ratings of the nationally-normed standardized achievement tests are based upon the average public school student. Therefore, 50% of the public school students score below the 50th percentile. While I'm sure that this was not his intent, Representative March's comments actually demonstrate the benefits of a home education. To see more information on this and other bills HSLDA is monitoring in Oregon, visit our website at: http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/OR/ To become a member of HSLDA and help us fight for homeschool freedom in Oregon please visit http://www.hslda.org/join/apply.asp . Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Thomas J. Schmidt, Esq. HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can get a little latte or a lotta legal. With our new payment options, you can join HSLDA for as little as $8/month, less than the price of a cup of coffee a week. 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