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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/7/2006 10:42:29 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Idaho--Calls Needed to Prevent Expansion of Compulsory Attendance Age |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 7, 2006 Idaho--Calls Needed to Prevent Expansion of Compulsory Attendance Age Dear HSLDA members and friends: Senate Bill 1241, an early education bill, will be heard at 10 a.m. today. Calls are needed immediately in order to stop this attempt to expand the compulsory attendance law. This is the last bill that is still alive out of five bills that would lead to mandatory kindergarten. ACTION REQUESTED: 1. Please call your senator and give him this message: "Please vote against Senate Bill 1241, which will mandate early education programs in our schools that have not been proven to be effective. This is a waste of taxpayers' dollars. It will also increase the pressure to expand compulsory attendance, which will restrict parents' choice in the education of their children." Do not identify yourself as a homeschooler. You can contact your senator by calling the Legislative Switchboard at (208) 332-1000 or toll free at 1-800-626-0471. 2. Leave the above message with the Senate Education Committee Chairman, Senator John Goedde (who can be contacted by calling the Legislative Switchboard). BACKGROUND: Senator Schroeder has brought S.B. 1241 up for a hearing. This bill, for the first time, would permit public schools to offer pre-kindergarten programs to students as young as four years of age. This is a first step in ultimately lowering even further the compulsory age for all students including those taught at home. While the bill purports to make these programs optional, history shows us that there will be subsequent pressure to make them mandatory, universal, and funded with taxpayer dollars. 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. 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 schools. When California raised the age of compulsory attendance, unwilling students were so disruptive that new schools had to be built just to handle them and their behavior problems, all at the expense of the taxpayer. For more information on compulsory attendance, please see our memorandum at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2791. Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka, Esq. HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Who's knocking on your door? When a social service worker arrives at your door, tension can run high. 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