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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/25/2010 3:58:31 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oregon-- Lowering Compulsory Attendance Age Senate Committee Topic May 26 |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Oregon-- Lowering Compulsory Attendance Age Senate Committee Topic on May 26 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, On Wednesday, May 26 at 11:15 a.m., the Oregon Senate Interim Committee on Education and General Government will host a "Discussion of the Minimum K-12 Attendance Age in Oregon." The only organizations invited to participate in the discussion are public school officials. No live testimony from the general public will be allowed. This issue has come up in the past, but was defeated on the House floor. At this time, no action is needed. However, we invite you to watch the proceedings on Wednesday. You may go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8366 and then select "2010 Oregon Legislative Interim Committee Dates" at the top of the page. Selected the correct date, and then click on "Senate Education & General Government." Below is a message that was sent from Mr. Rodger Williams of The Oregon Christian Home Education Association Network to members of the Senate and will be presented tomorrow at the meeting. -------------------- May 25, 2010 Senate Interim Committee on Education and General Government Dear Senators: Today you are discussing lowering the compulsory attendance requirement from age 7 on September 1 to age 6 or maybe lower. I would ask you to please consider the effect this change would have on those children who are not ready for school at age 6. Parents of the vast majority of Oregon's 6-year-olds consider their children ready for the structured environment of the public school. So those children are enrolled in first grade. But there are other parents who know their children are not ready at age 6 to enter school. These children may be socially, cognitively or even physically too immature. They would face expectations for performance beyond their capabilities and the stark probability of failure in first grade. Beyond that these 6-year-olds would face the prospect of continued trouble in later grades and the eventual loss of confidence in their abilities -- all because they started school too young. The current law allows those who are ready for school at 6 to enter, and allows those who are not to gain another year of maturity. Changing the law would force parents of vulnerable children to put them into an impossible, no-win first grade situation. Let the parents decide based on their own knowledge of their children's strengths and weakness. We support keeping the compulsory attendance age at 7. Respectfully, Rodger Williams OCEANetwork Legislative Coordinator -------------------- Thank you for your stand for home education freedom in Oregon. Sincerely, Thomas J. 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