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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/14/2010 11:17:23 AM Home School Legal Defense Association South Carolina--Calls Needed: Driver's License Bill Passed House |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== South Carolina--Calls Needed: Driver's License Bill Passed House Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: House Bill 3645, the bad driver's license bill, passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday by a vote of 62-33. It is now in the Senate Finance Committee. Your calls are needed today to stop this bill from going any further! Even though the bill was amended in the House to state that homeschoolers do not have to make any change in the way and frequency of attendance reporting, it is still a bad bill that should be opposed. It would prohibit issuance of a driver's license to anyone under age 18 unless the person was enrolled in school, had completed high school, had obtained a GED, or was enrolled in an adult education program. This bill is basically a back-door approach to increasing South Carolina's compulsory attendance age from 17 to 18. It would effectively require families to keep their 17-year-old children in school for an additional year unless one of the exceptions mentioned above applied. A 17-year-old desiring to transition from school to full-time employment would not be permitted to get a driver's license or would lose the one he had. State legislators need to know that you object to this unreasonable expansion of state control over education and driving privileges. Let your voice be heard today! ACTION REQUESTED: 1. Please contact your state senator with this message in your own words: "Please vote against House Bill 3645. This bill would essentially raise the compulsory attendance age in South Carolina from 17 to 18. It would prohibit a child under age 18 from getting or keeping a driver's license unless the child was enrolled in school, had completed school, had obtained a GED, or was enrolled in an adult education program. Requiring students over age 17 to involuntarily remain in school will have a disruptive and expensive effect on education. Families in South Carolina should continue to have the right to choose other options for children who have reached age 17." Since this issue potentially affects all families in South Carolina with school-age children, there is no need for you to identify yourself as a homeschooler when you contact your state senator. You can find the name and telephone number of your state senator by going to the South Carolina Legislature's website at: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/html-pages/senatemembers.html . 2. Please forward this email to every family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact their state senators with this same message. To review the text of house Bill 3645, go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8212 . Please call your state senator before you close this email. Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your children's inheritance retain its value? If you pass on a legacy of freedom, your children and their children's children will thank you. But freedom is never secure; it must always be guarded. Membership with HSLDA is an investment in the future that can be passed on to future generations of families wanting to teach their children at home. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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