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| Date: From: Subject: | 7/31/2008 3:21:21 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Massachusetts--Legislature Closer to Increasing Compulsory School Attendance Age |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== July 31, 2008 Massachusetts--Legislature Moves Closer to Increasing Compulsory School Attendance Age Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Earlier this year we reported to you that Massachusetts lawmakers had introduced eight different bills to raise the compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18 years. Senate Bill 2462 has now been replaced by Senate Bill 2766, which was passed by the Senate by a vote of 36-0. The bill is now in the House and is moving to its third reading. The new legislation would establish policies and programs to improve dropout prevention and graduation rates in Massachusetts. It also creates a commission to study, among other things, raising the compulsory school attendance age to age 18. The commission membership includes many appointees, most of whom are professional educators or representatives of teachers associations. As you know, it is the position of the NEA that children should be required to attend school until they graduate or reach age 21. If created, the commission would be required to report its findings to the legislature by December 31, 2009. HSLDA will continue to monitor this legislation and the commission, if created, to work to defeat any increase in the age of compulsory attendance in Massachusetts. Thank you for your support as we work to preserve homeschooling freedom in Massachusetts and throughout the world. Very truly yours, Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many of your friends would pay your legal fees? As a member of HSLDA, you have 80,000 families standing with you to protect and advance homeschool freedoms in the United States and foreign countries. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
