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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/17/2006 3:10:27 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oklahoma--Calls Needed to Stop Math Requirement for Driver's License |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Dear HSLDA members and friends: Calls are needed immediately to stop Senate Bill 1792 which would prohibit 16 and 17-year-olds from obtaining a driver's license unless they first pass a state-approved math test. The bill is scheduled for a hearing Monday, February 20 at 9 a.m. in the Senate Education Committee. Your calls were successful last week in defeating a similar bill in the Public Safety committee, but S.B. 1792 is not before that committee. A student would be required to pass either the statewide 8th-grade math test, or another test approved by the State Department of Education. Homeschooled students would be at a tremendous disadvantage since they don't use the state's math curriculum and would have no control over the alternative test the Department of Education might approve. ACTION REQUESTED: 1. If your senator is listed below, please call and ask him or her to oppose this misguided bill. Your message can be as simple as, "Please oppose Senate Bill 1792. It would create an unnecessary barrier for well-qualified teens to get driver's licenses. A teen who has proved he can drive safely should not be denied a license because of a math test." Use our legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox to find your state senator. 2. Please call other homeschool families and ask them to make calls. CONTACT INFORMATION: Oklahoma Senate Education Committee Susan Paddack--Chair Capitol--(405) 521-5541 Charlie Laster--Vice Chair Capitol--(405) 521-5539 District--(405) 273-2910 Cliff A. Aldridge Capitol--(405) 521-5584 Patrick Anderson Capitol--(405) 521-5630 Don Barrington Capitol--(405) 521-5563 Cliff Branan Capitol--(405) 521-5543 District--(405) 843-5064 Bernest Cain Capitol--(405) 521-5610 Glenn Coffee Capitol--(405) 521-5636 Johnnie Crutchfield Capitol--(405) 521-5607 Mary Easley Capitol--(405) 521-5590 John Ford Capitol--(405) 521-5634 Jay Paul Gumm Capitol--(405) 521-5586 District--(580) 924-4717 J. Berry Harrison Capitol--(405) 521-5581 District--(918) 642-5030 Cal Hobson Capitol--(405) 521-5553 District--(405) 527-5929 Constance N. Johnson Capitol--(405) 521-5531 Clark Jolley Capitol--(405) 521-5622 Ron Justice Capitol--(405) 521-5537 Daisy Lawler Capitol--(405) 521-5569 District--(580) 439-5706 Richard Lerblance Capitol--(405) 521-5604 District--(918) 297-2501 Mike Mazzei Capitol--(405) 521-5675 Scott Pruitt Capitol--(405) 521-5602 District--(918) 382-7523 Jeff Rabon Capitol--(405) 521-5614 Nancy Riley Capitol--(405) 521-5600 Stratton Taylor Capitol--(405) 521-5555 Kathleen Wilcoxson Capitol--(405) 521-5618 James A. Williamson Capitol--(405) 521-5624 REASONS TO OPPOSE SENATE BILL 1792: 1. Teens who have proved they can drive safely should not be denied a license just because they cannot pass a math test. Math ability has nothing to do with driving ability. 2. If homeschoolers were to take the statewide criterion referenced test, they would be at a major disadvantage because it is based on the state curriculum, which homeschoolers do not use. 3. Homeschoolers would have no control over what alternative tests the Department of Education might approve. This would put them at a significant disadvantage. 4. A driver's license is an important gateway to meet basic transportation needs for those who have demonstrated they can drive safely. It must not be trivialized into a reward for good behavior for students who have jumped though enough hoops. Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your friends stand by you in trouble? They will if you're an HSLDA member and your homeschool is threatened. HSLDA is ready to stand by your side along with 80,000 other homeschool families. 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