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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/10/2011 11:57:25 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Illinois: Help Needed Immediately to Stop Registration of Homeschool Children |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Illinois: Help Needed Immediately to Stop Registration of Homeschool Children Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, SB 136, Senator Maloney's bill that would require all homeschooled children to be registered with the government, will have a hearing before the Senate Education Committee this Tuesday, February 15, at 10:45 a.m. This is our first meaningful opportunity to stop a bill that would put every homeschooled child directly under the authority of the Illinois education bureaucracy. How much power would the Illinois Department of Education have over your children? As much as it wants. SB 136 as written gives the Department unlimited power to mandate what families submit when they register their children. You--the individual homeschool families of Illinois--are now a vital, powerful, line of defense protecting the freedom to homeschool in Illinois! ACTION REQUESTED 1. Please attend the hearing on February 15 at 10:45 a.m. in Room 212 in the state Capitol, Springfield, Ill. Feel free to bring well-behaved children. Please consider taking a day of vacation from work to protect your freedom. A big crowd will send a powerful message. Fill out a witness slip as you enter the room if you wish to speak. We are hoping for a very big crowd! Could you car pool and bring more people? 2. Prior to the hearing, call your senator if he or she is a committee member (see list below). Use our Legislative Toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox to find out who your senator is. Even senators whom you think already oppose the bill need to hear from you! 3. If your senator is not on the committee, call the chairperson, the vice chairperson and the minority spokesman (see below). 4. Your message can be as simple as: "Please vote NO on SB 136. Studies show that homeschooling prepares students for college better than other types of education. There is no need for government to expand into an area that is already so successful. A new registration mandate will require taxes to go up to pay for it." 5. Attend the rally before the hearing! ICHE is holding a rally in the auditorium of the Howlett Building, 501 South 2d St., Springfield, Il before the hearing. Details will follow! 6. Pass this message on to others! CONTACT INFORMATION Chairperson : James T. Meeks Springfield Office: (217) 782-8066 District Office: (708) 862-1515 Vice-Chairperson : Kimberly A. Lightford Springfield Office: (217) 782-8505 District Office: (708) 343-7444 Member: Gary Forby Springfield Office: (217) 782-5509 District Office: (618) 439-2504 Member: Susan Garrett Springfield Office: (217) 782-3650 District Office: (847) 433-2002 Member: Iris Y. Martinez Springfield Office: (217) 782-8191 District Office: (773) 463-0720 Member: John G. Mulroe Springfield Office: (217) 782-1035 District Office: (773) 763-3810 Minority Spokesperson : David Luechtefeld Springfield Office: (217) 782-8137 District Office: (618) 243-9014 Member: J. Bradley Burzynski Springfield Office: (217) 782-1977 District Office: (815) 895-6318 Member: Kyle McCarter Springfield Office: (217) 782-5755 District Office: (217) 428-4068 Member: Suzi Schmidt Springfield Office: (217) 782-7353 District Office: (224) 372-7465 BACKGROUND Homeschool leaders met with Sen. Maloney recently, but he has refused to withdraw his bill. In fact, he plans to amend it so children in institutional private schools are exempt from registering--so it would impact only homeschoolers. He also plans to amend the bill to require families to register with the regional office of education rather than the state Department of Education. Obviously, this makes no meaningful difference. On Feb. 8, the Illinois Review quoted Sen. Maloney as admitting "he doesn't understand" why homeschoolers are so opposed to SB 136. A big crowd at the hearing this Tuesday may help him understand! The Illinois Christian Home Educators Association and HSLDA are united in opposing this bill. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Can you look at the clouds and tell the direction of the wind? An interesting phenomenon of wind is that it can blow in multiple directions at the same time, at different heights from the ground. But usually there is a prevailing wind. HSLDA watches the gusts and monitors the prevailing trends of change in the legal climate of home education. So no matter which way the wind is blowing, we're there to protect your family. 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