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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/3/2010 4:38:54 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New Hampshire: Take Action to Protect Privacy |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 3, 2010 New Hampshire: Take Action to Protect Privacy Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: In 2004, the state of New Hampshire created an education database to store information about public school students and track their progress. The results of state assessment tests are stored in this database, and school districts upload student information, such as attendance and special education information, to the database by requesting a student's Unique Pupil Identifier (UPI). The purpose of this database is to allow the Department of Education to compile information to improve public school performance. Currently, homeschool students only receive a UPI if they were previously enrolled in a public school, take public school courses, take the state assessment test, or receive special education services from their local public school district. In order to qualify for federal grants, Senate Bill 503 has been introduced to allow this database to link a student's performance in public school with his or her performance in preschool and college. If passed, SB 503 would require all early childhood programs, local school districts, and postsecondary institutions to request and maintain a UPI for their students. Accordingly, homeschool students who attend a New Hampshire postsecondary institution would be assigned a UPI. SB 503 has passed the Senate and is currently in the House Education Committee. The Committee will discuss the bill in executive session tomorrow, May 4, at 10:00 a.m. Representatives Ingbretson, Stiles, and Kurk, have drafted an amendment that would prevent community colleges and state universities from assigning new UPIs for enrolled homeschool, private school, and out-of-state students. Please take action, as requested below, to protect the privacy of your students. ACTION REQUESTED Please contact members of the House Education Committee by May 4, and ask them to adopt the amendment proposed by Representatives Ingbretson, Stiles, and Kurk. Please give them the following message in your own words: "Please support the amendment to Senate Bill 503 to protect the privacy of New Hampshire private school students, homeschooled students and students who received their education out of state. Parents and children who opt out of public education should not be subjected to such data collection. If this bill passes without the amended language, students who never attended a public school would be required to be assigned a unique pupil identifier. If the purpose is to link public school performance with performance in preschool or college, then there is no need for private or homeschooled students to be issued a UPI." Please find contact information for members of the House Education Committee below: Representative Emma Rous Phone: (603)868-7030 Email: emma.rous@leg.state.nh.us Representative Judith Reever Phone: (603)524-2644 Email: reeverj@metrocast.net Representative Charles Yeaton Phone: (603)736-9087 Email: cyeaton@metrocast.net Representative Judith Day Phone: (603)964-1816 Email: jed1226@earthlink.net Representative Philip Harvey Phone: (603)464-3678 Email: prharvey@comcast.net Representative Paul Ingbretson Phone: (603)989-3092 Email: ingbretson_studio@yahoo.com Representative Ralph Boehm Phone: (603)424-2158 Email: rgboehm@comcast.net Representative Joseph Fleck Phone: (603)522-6741 Email: joseph.fleck@leg.state.nh.us Representative Claire Clarke Phone: (603)796-2268 Email: claire.clarke@leg.state.nh.us Representative James O'Neil Phone: (603)424-3059 Email: jmoneil1@comcast.net Representative Kimberley Casey Phone: (603)772-8506 Email: caseycorps@aol.com Representative Nancy Stiles Phone: (603)601-6591 Email: nancy.stiles@leg.state.nh.us Representative John Laurent Phone: (603)399-7745 Email: N/A Representative Rick Ladd Phone: (603)443-1509 Email: ladd.nhhouse@charter.net Representative Kimberly Shaw Phone: (603)882-2845 Email: kcshawed@aol.com Representative Rachel Burke Phone: (603)755-3353 Email: N/A Representative Pamela Price Phone: (603)888-4774 Email: pamela.price@leg.state.nh.us Representative Karen Hutchinson Phone: (603)434-9415 Email: northernpatriot@aol.com Representative Brien Ward Phone: (603)444-6945 Email: blward@roadrunner.com Thank you for your efforts to defend the privacy of homeschoolers. 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