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| Date: From: Subject: | 9/23/2005 4:47:35 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Calfornia--Legislative Newsflash from FPM |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Calfornia--Legislative Newsflash from FPM AB 846 - (Assembly Member Carol Liu) Signed by Governor - a Tremendous Victory!! HSLDA is passing on this e-mail Newsflash from Roy Hanson and Jim Davis of Family Protection Ministries (FPM). Homeschoolers have just added another stone to the wall protecting private homeschooling from government regulation! We are very grateful to God to report that FPM and allies were successful at getting AB 846 passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor on September 22, 2005. Beginning January 1, 2006, private secondary schools in California will no longer be required to teach a course in Driver Education! Why is this so important? Public officials, in their concern about automobile driving safety, continue to push for increased control over driver education courses and instructors. Driver Education is on the list of required courses for private schools to teach in high school. FPM, with the exceptional work of Mary Schofield, has been the leader working with CHEA, HSLDA, and other private school and homeschool organizations over the last ten years to stop legislation that would require teacher certification and curricula control for courses in Driver Education. Increased regulation of Driver Education would set a dangerous precedent of government control over private K-12 education in California. AB 846 will keep any control of driver education courses from being the first breach in the wall of separation between public and private education by changing Driver Education from a mandatory course to an optional one. This latest victory was achieved after long hard hours over many months of challenging behind-the-scenes work, and with careful coordination among key individuals, organizations, and government entities. AB 846 states, "...a private school is not required to offer courses in driver education or driver training." Therefore, if private homeschoolers want to completely opt out of Driver Education, they may now do so without violating the law. Private schools may also teach Driver Education courses that are not geared toward getting a learner's permit if they want, and they are free in this instance to teach whatever they want. Even though private secondary schools in California will no longer be required to teach a course in Driver Education, they will still be able to teach this course if they choose to. However, if the private school wants the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue certificate of satisfactory completion forms (required for minors to obtain instruction permits to learn to drive) to students who have taken the private school's driver education class, then the private school will have to comply with any legal requirements governing the teaching of driver education in private schools. Private school students can also continue to go to professional driving schools to get their learner's permits, or they may also enroll in online programs. Permission given to reprint or forward this Newsflash unaltered to your friends, church, school, and group. ***** ***** ***** ***** Roy Hanson's Home Educators Legislative Phone Tree Private & Home Educators of California P.O. Box 730 Lincoln, CA 95648-0730 Fax: (916) 415-9470 HELP Tree Director P.O. Box 100 Somerset, CA 95684-0100 Fax: (530) 622-4717 ******************** DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message to HELP Tree Members only. We are not responsible for the accuracy of copies printed, forwarded, or sent by any party other than directly from Private & Home Educators of California. ******************** We appreciate working closely with FPM on issues of concern to homeschoolers in California. Please show your appreciation for the work of Family Protection Ministries by sending a generous donation to FPM at PO Box 730, Lincoln, CA 95648-0730. All gifts are tax deductible and any gift of $40 or more in a calendar year will ensure receipt of FPM's Legal-Legislative Update newsletter for one year. ******************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Remember the last time you wrote a term paper? Research can be grueling-digging through archives, wading through articles, conducting interviews. 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