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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/23/2006 11:18:18 AM Home School Legal Defense Association South Dakota--Calls Needed to Stop Compulsory Attendance Age Decrease |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 23, 2006 Dear HSLDA members and friends: Calls are needed this morning to stop South Dakota House Bill 1234 which would lower the age of compulsory attendance from 7 to 5. The Senate Education Committee voted to kill the bill, but a parliamentary procedure was used to bring the bill to the senate floor. It will be voted on today! It has already passed the House, so this is our final opportunity to defeat this bill. If this bill passes, homeschoolers will be required to submit to state requirements 2 additional years. ACTION REQUESTED: Please call your state senator immediately and ask him or her to vote against H.B. 1234. You can express your opposition in your own words. Be concise and courteous. Here is an example: "Please vote against House Bill 1234, which would lower the age at which children must start school from 7 to 5. This bill will raise taxes, will force students to start school too early, and will take away parental freedom to determine when their children should start school." This bill affects all students, so do not identify yourself as a homeschooler. You can use our legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2827 to find your senator. 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 also erodes the authority of parents who are in the best position to determine when their child's formal education should begin. In addition, it is certain that your tax bill will increase to pay for more classroom space and teachers to accommodate the additional students compelled to attend public schools. Under current law, 6 is the nominal age of compulsory attendance, but parents have a right to waive compulsory attendance for their 6-year-old, so attendance is not actually required until age 7. For more information on compulsory attendance, please see our memorandum "Mandatory Kindergarten Is Unnecessary" at http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000028.asp . Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: The freedom HSLDA allows me to have as I homeschool is wonderful! They handle the law and I get to dedicate the time to my daughter. - National City, CA HSLDA members since 1993, our membership is just as important to us as our children's curriculum. 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