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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/12/2007 4:54:37 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Florida: Calls Needed to Oppose Potential Harm to Homeschool Freedom |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 12, 2007 Florida: Calls Needed to Oppose Potential Harm to Homeschool Freedom Dear HSLDA members and friends: H.B. 799 will be heard before the House Education Innovation & Career Preparation Committee tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13, at 9 a.m. Your calls are needed to stop this waste of taxpayer money. This bill would remove the requirement that to enroll in a public school in the home (a virtual charter school), the student must have attended a traditional public school the previous year. Homeschool leaders and HSLDA are concerned about the virtual school laws being passed around the country. Every time a public virtual school program starts, private homeschoolers leave homeschooling to join these programs. Much freedom is lost as the homeschool movement slowly becomes secularized. If your child is enrolled in one of these virtual schools, the following occurs: (1) your child becomes a public school student; (2) your homeschool must use a secular public school curriculum; (3) you must be supervised by a certified teacher from the public school; (4) your child must be tested with the state assessment; and (5) your house is open to home visits by school officials and possibly social workers. These programs pose a danger, particularly because early statistics show that 80% of those who first enroll in a virtual school were previously homeschoolers. If you share this concern, please call the House Education Innovation & Career Preparation Committee. REQUESTED ACTION Please contact the members of the House Education Innovation & Career Preparation Committee and give them this message: "Please vote no on H.B. 799. I believe this is a waste of taxpayer money. Virtual schools have been proven to be failures in Idaho. Don't experiment with our kids." You do not need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. Chair Thad Altman, (850) 488-9720 Vice Chair John Legg, (850) 488-5522 Janet C. Long, (850) 488-6197 Kevin C. Ambler, (850) 488-0275 Frank Attkisson, (850) 488-8992 Marcelo Llorente, (850) 488-5047 Mitch Needelman, (850) 488-2528 Betty Reed, (850) 488-5432 Perry E. Thurston, (850) 488-1084 BACKGROUND HSLDA recommends against enrolling your children in this program for the following reasons: 1. If you enroll in this program, you will no longer be considered a homeschooler, and will not be eligible for membership in the Home School Legal Defense Association. Our goal at HSLDA is to protect the right of parents to privately homeschool free from government controls and restrictions. Virtual charter schools are tax-funded, government programs with legitimate government controls and limitations. 2. HSLDA is opposed to public schools in the home (virtual charter schools) because parents who enroll in such programs waive the rights that many people in the state have fought hard to preserve. The government does not offer "free goodies" without obligation. Virtual charter school enrollment is not the free, private homeschooling that has been so successful for many years. It is simply an attempt by the government to create small public schools in our homes. Additional Resources on Charter Schools For more information virtual charter school, please read the articles at http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/Issues/C/CharterSchools.asp Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can get a little latte or a lotta legal. With our new payment options, you can join HSLDA for as little as $8/month, less than the price of a cup of coffee a week. 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