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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/15/2006 2:48:34 PM Home School Legal Defense Association South Carolina-Calls Needed-Stop Change in Compulsory Attendance Age |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 15, 2006 Dear HSLDA members and friends: Your calls are needed to defeat Senate Bill 1005 which would lower the compulsory attendance age in South Carolina from five to four. This bill is presently in the Senate Education Committee. We need your help to stop this bill in its tracks before it gains any momentum. Current law permits a parent to sign a document electing not to have a child under six attend school. Senate Bill 1005 would preserve this election for parents, but future legislation may eliminate this option, thereby making school attendance for four year olds mandatory. Senate Bill 1005 is clearly a step in the wrong direction. HSLDA opposes any legislation lowering the compulsory attendance age because it further erodes parental rights in making decisions which affect the educational preparedness of their children. ACTION REQUESTED: 1. Please contact as many members of the Senate Education Committee as possible with this message: "Please vote against Senate Bill 1005 lowering the compulsory attendance age from five to four. This bill unnecessarily expands the state's role in education. It will also waste taxpayer dollars, since there is nothing to indicate that early schooling results in any educational advantage for the child." Do not identify yourself as a homeschooler, as this issue is broader than homeschooling. Members of the Committee are as follows: Sen. John Courson (R), Chairman (803) 256-7853 EDU@scsenate.org Sen. Robert Hayes (R) (803) 212-6410 set@scsenate.org Sen. Linda Short (D) 512 Gressette Building LHS@scsenate.org Sen. Michael Fair (R) (803) 212-6420 CP@scsenate.org Sen. Darrell Jackson (D) (803) 212-6048 DJ1@scsenate.org Sen. Ray Cleary (R) (803) 212-6032 CLEARYR@scsenate.org Sen. Nikki Setzler (D) (803) 212-6140 NGS@scsenate.org Sen. William Mescher (R) (803) 212-6320 SGE@scsenate.org Sen. Kay Patterson (D) (803) 212-6048 KAY@scsenate.org Sen. Harvey Peeler (R) (803) 212-6430 MED@scsenate.org Sen. Ralph Anderson (D) (803) 212-6108 RA@scsenate.org Sen. Randy Scott (R) (803) 212-6024 SCOTTR@scsenate.org Sen. John Matthews (D) (803) 212-6056 JWM@scsenate.org Sen. Luke Rankin, Sr. (R) (803) 212-6132 LR@scsenate.org Sen. Chauncy Gregory (R) (803) 212-6330 SFG@scsenate.org Sen. Phil Leventis (D) (803) 212-6000 PL@scsenate.org Sen. Scott Richardson (R) (803) 212-6040 SR1@scsenate.org 2. Please forward this email to every family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact members of the committee with this same message. BACKGROUND: Many education experts have concluded that beginning a child's formal education too early may actually result in burnout and poor scholastic performance later. Lowering the compulsory attendance age erodes the authority of parents who are in the best position to determine when their child's formal education should begin. This bill would potentially restrict parents' freedom to decide if their children are ready for school. Another significant impact of expanding the compulsory attendance age would be an inevitable tax increase to pay for more classroom space and teachers to accommodate the additional students compelled to attend public school. For more information on compulsory attendance, please see our memorandum at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=2051. To view the text of the bill, please visit http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/1005.doc Sincerely, Dewitt T. 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