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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/20/2006 5:15:22 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Minnesota--Calls Needed to Stop Increased Control Over Homeschooling |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 20, 2006 Minnesota--Calls Needed to Stop Increased Control Over Homeschooling Dear HSLDA members and friends: Senate File 2124 would increase the reporting requirements for Minnesota by two years, by lowering the required age for starting school from 7 to 5. Though this bill has been in the Education Committee for a year, it has just recently been revived, and is scheduled for a committee hearing tomorrow. We have a short window of time to make a difference! ACTION REQUESTED: Please call the Education Committee today and urge each senator to vote against S.F. 2124. Tell them, "This bill is unnecessary. It restricts parental choice and wastes taxpayer money. Please vote 'No' on SF 2124!" Education Committee: Senator Steve Kelley, Chairman (651) 297-8065 Senator Rod Skoe, Vice-Chair (651) 296-4196 Senator Gen Olson, Ranking Minority Member (651) 296-1282 Senator Michele Bachmann (651) 296-4351 Senator Tarryl Clark (651) 296-6455 Senator David Hann (651) 296-1749 Senator Geoff Michel (651) 296-6238 Senator Tom Saxhaug 651.296-4136 Senator LeRoy Stumpf (651) 296-8660 Senator David Tomassoni (651) 296-8017 BACKGROUND: > Lowering the compulsory attendance age from 7 to 5 subjects Minnesota home educators to the requirements of the homeschool statute two years earlier than now required. (You do not need to share this reason with your legislators.) > 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/docs/nche/Issues/E/Early_Education.asp Sincerely, Scott Somerville HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What's the shortest distance between two homeschoolers? HSLDA's elert service! When threats to homeschool freedoms arise, you want to be able to respond. We make it possible. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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