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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/9/2005 5:24:46 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New Hampshire--Your calls helped H.B. 406 survive! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== New Hampshire--Your calls helped H.B. 406 survive! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Your calls helped H.B. 406 survive! H.B. 406 has been sent back to committee in the Senate. While it did not pass, the harmful amendment was prevented from passing. Many of the Senators commented on how many calls they received from their homeschooling constituents. The bill is now in committee, and probably will not receive any consideration until January. At that time we will again ask for your support so that we can ensure that H.B. 406 passes, and give relief to the homeschool community of New Hampshire. ACTION REQUESTED No action requested at this time. BACKGROUND 1. I traveled to Concord on April 26 to testify in favor of HB 406 in the senate education committee hearing. Many homeschool leaders also testified in support of it. One senator suggested amending the bill so that only first time homeschool parents would be required to file the detailed curriculum information. The committee subsequently voted 6-0 in favor of HB 406, with this amendment. The amendment had not, however, been put in writing when the committee voted on it. 2. This weekend was the first time the actual text of the amendment became available. Shockingly, the amendment not only requires first time families to be subjected to the needless hassle of describing their curriculum in detail, which we were not surprised to see, but requires families to get the commissioner's "approval," and forbids them from homeschooling until they have waited 30 days after filing their notice. 3. We do not definitely know who inserted the "permission" and "waiting period" requirements into the amendment text out of the public eye. Some senate education committee members are as surprised as we are to find the "permission" and "waiting period" language in the bill. You may want to ask about this when you call Senator Bragdon, the education committee chairman. It is possible that senate rules were violated. 4. Families must not be forced to await the commissioner's "approval" before they can homeschool. Home education is a right, not a privilege. Being forced to wait for approval could harm the children. 5. Families must not be forced to wait 30 days. There is absolutely no justification for this arbitrary waiting period. Some families homeschool after their children have been traumatized by violence, threats and intimidation, and even one more day in that unhealthy environment would be totally unacceptable. Others have health reasons for switching to homeschooling immediately. Officials might use the 30 day waiting period to try to coerce parents out of their decision to homeschool, or launch a punitive investigation of the family or child in hopes of scaring them out of their choice. 6. We have asked Senator Gatsas to introduce a floor amendment to remove the most troublesome amendments added in the senate education committee. Thank you for standing with us for freedom Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney To become a member of HSLDA and help us fight for homeschool freedom in New Hampshire please visit http://www.hslda.org/join/apply.asp. Thank you for your support! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> There may be no such thing as a free lunch... If you pass on a legacy of freedom, your children and their ...but there is a way to get a free membership! Through our Three-for-Free program, you can get a free one-year renewal for simply referring three of your homeschooling friends into membership with HSLDA. 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