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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/22/2007 3:00:57 PM Home School Legal Defense Association South Dakota--Calls Needed to Stop H.B. 1266, 'Over-Funding Proven Failure' |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Dear HSLDA members and friends, Your calls are urgently needed to stop H.B. 1266--the bill that would overfund the South Dakota Virtual High School. This bill would give extra funding for a type of system that has failed elsewhere. The bill passed committee in the senate. Since it has already passed the house, our last major opportunity to stop this unwise bill is on the floor of the senate--and a vote is expected today or tomorrow. ACTION REQUESTED Please contact your senator with this message: "Please vote no on H.B. 1266. This bill would overfund the South Dakota Virtual High School. Virtual schools have been proven to be failures in Idaho. Don't experiment with our kids." It is not necessary to identify yourself as a homeschooling family, since this issue is broader than just homeschooling. Use our legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox to get contact information for your own senator. BACKGROUND Go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3783 for a detailed explanation of how HB 1266 will channel money to SDVHS. Idaho has a virtual public school program similar to SDVHS. For both 2005 and 2006, fewer students in the Idaho virtual schools scored "proficient" or higher on the Idaho Standards Achievement Test than their fellow public school students--at every grade level! The attempt to borrow the homeschool "model"--but put the government at the center rather than parents--appears to have failed in Idaho. The legislature should not finance an experiment where children are the guinea pigs. It should slow down and examine virtual school failures in other states. Thank you for standing with us for liberty. Sincerely Yours, Scott A. Woodruff, Esq. HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Can you call your attorney at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning? Our members can get in touch with their attorney even after business hours, when they have a legal emergency. Wouldn't you like this level of service? More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: ##ToAddress## - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
