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| Date: From: Subject: | 12/16/2009 1:46:42 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New Hampshire--Your Calls Needed to Protect Freedom for Homeschooling |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== New Hampshire--Your Calls Needed to Protect Freedom for Homeschooling Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Anti-homeschooling policymakers in New Hampshire appear determined to make their state's law the most burdensome in the country. Unwilling to accept the bipartisan majority vote of the House Education Committee, these advocates of increased regulation for homeschoolers have resurrected the incredibly onerous House Bill 367 from last year and are submitting it as an "amendment" to HB 368. If passed, this bill would make New Hampshire's homeschool law the most restrictive and burdensome in the nation. The most onerous provision of the proposed amendment is the requirement that every student be tested every year AND that a portfolio review be conducted for every student every year. Home educated students' test scores would also have to be sent to the New Hampshire Department of Education each year. Also of grave concern are provisions in the amendment that order the DOE to make further rules regarding portfolio reviews. On November 19, 2009, a 14-6 bipartisan majority voted to recommend no changes to New Hampshire's homeschool law. This is the second year in a row that a study committee of the House Education Committee has voted to recommend NO CHANGES to New Hampshire's homeschool laws. Nevertheless, a vote to amend HB 368 is scheduled for January 6, 2010. Because this vote will occur just after the New Year, it is critical that homeschoolers act now to educate their representatives and secure their commitment to vote against HB 368. HSLDA is asking you to contact your legislators over the Christmas holidays to discuss this issue with them. You could bring Christmas cookies to your representative and take a few minutes to explain why he or she should vote ITL on HB 368. Bring along a copy of the proposed amendment (available at HSLDA's New Hampshire webpage link) and point out how burdensome and unnecessary this bill is. Consider gathering with a group of homeschoolers from your district to meet together with your legislator. It is imperative that we contact every legislator to educate them about this attempt to impose needless and excessive regulation on homeschoolers in the Granite State. ACTION REQUESTED Please visit (or at a minimum call) your representative and ask him or her to vote HB 368 ITL. To find our who your representative is, visit HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox here: http://capwiz.com/hslda/home/ or the New Hampshire Legislature's website: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/wml.aspx When you speak with your representative, please deliver the following message politely and persuasively in your own words: "The House Education Committee voted with a bipartisan majority to recommend that no changes be made to the current homeschool laws in New Hampshire. This is the second year in a row that a New Hampshire legislative committee has recommended no changes to the homeschool law. In spite of this, anti-homeschooling members of the committee have resurrected the onerous HB 367 and are seeking to pass it by amending HB 368. HB 367 was voted down by the House last year. I am asking you to vote ITL on HB 368 - the recommendation of a bipartisan majority of the committee. The New Hampshire homeschool law is working fine and needs no further changes. Furthermore, if passed, HB 368 would make New Hampshire's homeschool law the most restrictive and burdensome homeschool law in the country. Please vote ITL on HB 368." Plan to attend a rally at the State House on January 6. Details (time and specific location) for this event will be forthcoming. HSLDA is working closely with Christian Home Educators of New Hampshire (CheNH) and other groups to fight and win this important battle for freedom. HSLDA is grateful for your support as we work together to protect your right to homeschool unwarranted governmental intrusion. Sincerely, Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Who are the nation's best lobbyists? We don't know that this has ever been determined; but we do know that HSLDA's Federal Relations Department is the only national organization lobbying on behalf of homeschoolers on Capitol Hill. 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