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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/18/2011 3:59:49 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Montana--Compulsory Attendance Age Bill Defeated |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Montana--Compulsory Attendance Age Bill Defeated Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Good news! Yesterday the Senate Education Committee voted 5-5 in an effort to pass Senate Bill 44 out of committee. This tie vote essentially killed the bill. There is a procedure by which the full Senate could force it to the Senate floor, but this is highly unlikely. Senate Bill 44 would have increased the compulsory school attendance age in Montana from 16 to 18, graduation from high school, or receipt of a GED as the time when a student was permitted to leave school. Parents would have been locked into another two years of homeschooling at a time when the child may have wished to pursue other educational options or begin a vocation. Many thanks to Steve White of the Montana Coalition of Home Educators and others who testified against this bill and contacted members of the Senate Education Committee. This legislative victory is due directly to the efforts of homeschoolers who expressed their opposition to this unwarranted attempt to expand state control over education. To view the text of this bill, please go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10028 For more information on compulsory attendance, please see our memorandum at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10029 Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What do you look like when you get out of bed? It's hard to look our best all the time. HSLDA works to present homeschooling in an engaging, dynamic, and informative light to the public news media. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
