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4/11/2008 2:12:34 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Connecticut--Call Now to Oppose Proposed Homeschool Statute!

====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== April 11, 2008 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Once again your calls are needed to your state senator to protect the present level of freedom to homeschool enjoyed in Connecticut! Senate Bill 162 has now been released to the full Senate from the Office of the Legislative Commissioner, which approved the language adopted by the Committee on Education amending state law. This amendment would compel parents to notify their local public school district of their intent to homeschool their children by certified mail, return receipt requested. Action Requested: 1. Please call and write (both would be better) your state senator with this message: "Please oppose Senate Bill 162 as approved by the Committee on Education. This bill unnecessarily imposes state regulation on families providing a home education program for their children. Please vote to return the bill to the language as it was introduced to the Committee." To find the name and contact information for you senator, please use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at http://capwiz.com/hslda/state/main/?state=CT&view=myofficials To view the text of this bill, please visit our web site at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=5011 2. Please forward this email to other homeschooling families who are not members of HSLDA and ask them to contact their state senator with this message as well. Background: Prior to its amendment by the Committee on Education, the proposed bill would only have required parents withdrawing their children from public school to notify the local public school district of their intent to educate their children in accordance with Connecticut law. If enacted, Senate Bill 162 would require all parents who choose to homeschool their children to comply with statutory notification procedures, regardless of whether they have previously been enrolled in the public school. The Legislative Commissioner's Office has finished its review of the bill and formalized the proposed bill text. It has been filed and calendared in the Senate, meaning that it can be scheduled for a vote. Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: We're thankful for the support HSLDA membership provides us. We'd never homeschool without them. 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