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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/6/2007 11:48:41 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Oklahoma: Please Call on Bill That Requires Homeschool Notification! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 6, 2007 Oklahoma: Please Call on Bill That Requires Homeschool Notification! Dear HSLDA members and friends: As many of you have already heard, Senator Jim Wilson introduced a bill yesterday which would radically change the current freedom you enjoy in Oklahoma. Please call Senator Wilson and urge him to remove his bill from consideration before the Oklahoma legislature. Senate Bill 375 would require homeschool parents to notify their local school district of their intent to utilize "other means of education" (i.e. homeschooling) before the first day of each school year or within 10 days of beginning their program. Senate Bill 375 would also require parents to report to the local school district their child's academic progress at the end of each semester throughout the school year! Last but not least, S.B. 375 would subject homeschool students to the jurisdiction of the local attendance officer. Under Oklahoma law, an attendance officer can take temporary custody of any child who is found away from his or her home or school during normal school hours without a lawful excuse as authorized by the school district. We need your calls and emails to Senator Wilson to persuade him to remove Senate Bill 375. Giving Senator Wilson your own personal message about this bill (whether by phone, email, or both) will be the most effective way to get his attention. The bill has just been assigned to the Senate Education Committee so please contact all of the members of that committee listed below. REQUESTED ACTION: 1. Please call and email Senator Wilson and give them this message in your own words: "Please remove Senate Bill 375 from the legislature immediately. Under the Oklahoma Constitution a parent may provide for "other means of education" to their children. Study after study has shown that children taught at home generally do above average academically. This bill is an unacceptable infringement of parents' rights to direct their child's education." When calling Senator Wilson's office, understand that they will probably be receiving a lot of calls. Please be courteous but firm in your opposition to Senate Bill 375. Please let his office know if you are one of his constituents (District 3). Senator Jim Wilson 2300 North Lincoln Blvd., Room 426 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Phone: (405) 521-5574 Email: wilson@oksenate.gov 2. Please call and email the Senate Education Committee members listed below and give the following message in your own words: "Please remove Senate Bill 375 from the legislature immediately. Under the Oklahoma Constitution a parent may provide for "other means of education" to their children. Study after study has shown that children taught at home generally do above average academically. This bill is an unacceptable infringement of parents' rights to direct their child's education." Senate Education Committee Members Senator Judy Eason McIntyre- Co-Chair Phone: (405) 521-5598 Email: easonmcintyre@oksenate.gov Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson- Co-Chair Phone: (405) 521-5618 Email: purinton@oksenate.gov Senator Cliff Branan Phone: (405) 521-5543 Email: branan@oksenate.gov Senator Kenneth Corn Phone: (405) 521-5576 Email: cochran@oksenate.gov Senator Jay Paul Gumm Phone: (405) 521-5586 and (580) 924-4717 Email: gumm@oksenate.gov Senator Clark Jolley Phone: (405) 521-5622 Email: jolley@oksenate.gov Senator Richard C. Lerblance Phone: (405) 521-5604 and (918) 297-2501 Email: bell@oksenate.gov Senator Mike Mazzei Phone: (405) 521-5675 Email: mazzei@oksenate.gov Senator Jonathan Nichols Phone: (405) 521-5535 Email: nichols@oksenate.gov Senator Susan Paddack Phone: (405) 521-5541 Email: paddack@oksenate.gov Senator Jim Reynolds Phone: (405) 521-5522 Email: reynolds@oksenate.gov Senator Nancy Riley Phone: (405) 521-5600 and (918) 445-1431 Senator John Sparks Phone: (405) 521-5553 Email: sparks@oksenate.gov Senator James A. Williamson Phone: (405) 521-5624 Email: brownb1@oksenate.gov If you are not yet a member of HSLDA and would like to help us fight for greater parental rights and homeschool freedom in Oklahoma please visit http://www.hslda.org/join/apply.asp . If you would like to be put on our email list to receive vital e-lerts you may sign up at https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe . Thank you for your part in fighting for freedom in Oklahoma! 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