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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/30/2006 11:03:17 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Indiana--Possible Vote Tomorrow on Daytime Curfew Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Dear HSLDA members and friends, Today may be the last day to contact your representative before they vote on House Bill 1347, a bill that would make it a crime for a young person to be out in public or drive a car during public school hours. It is scheduled for a second reading today, after which the full House could vote on Tuesday, January 31. The Indiana Association of Home Educators is also fighting this bill. Action Requested: Please call your representative today! Give him this message: "Please vote 'No' on H.B. 1347, which creates a daytime curfew. Daytime curfews take away freedom and create an atmosphere of fear, but studies show they do not lower juvenile crime." Use our legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox to get contact information for your representative. Background: 1. The correct bill number is H.B. 1347. You may have seen the bill referred to erroneously by another number. 2. Daytime curfews do not deter juvenile crime. A recent California study compared the juvenile crime rates of counties that enforced curfew ordinances and counties that did not. The crime rates were the same. The curfews had no effect on juvenile crime. 3. H.B. 1347 allows some exceptions. Unfortunately, the only way for a policeman to determine if an exception applies is to stop and interrogate the frightened young person. By then the damage has already been done. The child may be afraid to go outdoors again. The right to homeschool includes the right to be free from fear--especially young people, who are most vulnerable to feelings of fear. 4. H.B. 1347 deals with many topics aside from daytime curfews. The curfew provisions are contained in Sections 1 (prohibiting driving during public school hours) and 12 & 13 (prohibiting being in public during public school hours) of the bill. Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Can you look at the clouds and tell the direction of the wind? An interesting phenomenon of wind is that it can blow in multiple directions at the same time, at different heights from the ground. But usually there is a prevailing wind. HSLDA watches the gusts and monitors the prevailing trends of change in the legal climate of home education. So no matter which way the wind is blowing, we're there to protect your family. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1938 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
