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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/25/2006 5:01:29 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Virginia-UPDATE-Subcommittee Rejects Giving Control to Superintendents |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Dear HSLDA members and friends: On Monday, the Students and Daycare Subcommittee of the House Education Committee voted nearly unanimously to "pass by indefinitely" House Bill 537. The bill would have undermined homeschool freedom. Aside from the sponsor, Delegate Harry Parrish, only two persons spoke in favor of the bill. The first was Tony Lodovico, an employee of the City of Manassas school system (which requested the bill), and the second was a teenager attending public school. A member of the subcommittee asked if the Virginia School Board Association had a position on the bill. Their representative said no. This was no surprise since the bill would have added significantly to the administrative load of school systems. The chairman then asked if anyone wanted to speak in opposition to the bill. After only two had spoken (Yvonne Bunn of Home Educators Association of Virginia, and Parrish Mort of The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers), however, Delegate Melanie L. Rapp moved to "pass by indefinitely." All subcommittee members present but one voted in favor of the motion. Bills that have been "passed by indefinitely" can only be released from subcommittee if the full committee specifically permits it, which is highly unlikely in this case. We anticipate this bill will receive no further legislative attention. HSLDA, Home Educators Association of Virginia, and The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers were united in working to oppose H.B. 537. Thank you for your phone calls to Delegate Parrish. We believe he heard from so many of you that he is not likely to sponsor this type of bill in the future. We look forward to continuing to work with Delegate Parrish since he has supported many good homeschool related bills in the past. Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> "I saved my entire membership fee with one discount" "We've been a Liberty Mutual customer for over 12 years. We called and asked about our HSLDA member discount and they lowered our premium by approx $95 per year...coincidentally the same amount as our HSLDA annual membership fee. Thought you'd want to know!!'" More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: ##ToAddress## - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
