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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/21/2011 3:26:41 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Restore Parental Rights and Increase Freedom |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== New Hampshire--Action Needed to Restore Parental Rights and Increase Freedom Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, We need your help to support House Bill 429, now in the Senate Education Committee. HB 429 restores parental authority in the Granite State. Opponents of the bill are alleging that HB 429 changes the compulsory school attendance age--this is inaccurate. HB 429 simply restores the right of parents to decide whether their 16- and 17-year-old children should be exempt from compulsory attendance--it does not change the compulsory attendance age. If passed, this bill will result in greater freedom for all New Hampshire parents and would have the effect of reducing reporting requirements for homeschoolers who exempt their children from compulsory school attendance after they turn 16. The hearing will be held on April 26, 2011 at 1:40 p.m. in Legislative Office Building 103. Please take action, as requested below, to help this bill pass through the senate. ACTION REQUESTED Please contact members of the Senate Education Committee and urge them to support HB 429. 1. Because this is not homeschool legislation it is not necessary that you identify yourself as a homeschooler. Please contact your senator and members of the Senate Education Committee and give them the following message in your own words: "Please support House Bill 429. Parents are best equipped to determine what is best for their children. Parents, not superintendents or other government officials, should determine when children are ready to withdraw from school attendance. HB 429 does not change the dropout age but rather restores parental authority to make decisions for their children according to each child's individual needs and circumstances. Some students may be well served by moving into a college career early or entering the workforce before they reach the age of 18. This bill will improve educational outcomes for all children in New Hampshire by empowering parents to do what they know is best for their children." 2. Attend the hearing and provide testimony or support for the bill by expressing this message in person to the senators. Contact information for members of the Senate Education Committee is below: Senator Nancy Stiles - Chair 603-271-6933 nancy.stiles@leg.state.nh.us Senator James Forsythe - Vice Chair 603-271-3096 james.forsythe@leg.state.nh.us Senator Sharon Carson 603-271-2674 sharon.carson@leg.state.nh.us Senator Molly Kelly 603-271-2166 molly.kelly@leg.state.nh.us Senator Russell Prescott 603-271-3074 russell.prescott@leg.state.nh.us For more information about this bill, visit www.hslda.org/nh. To contact your senator visit http://www.hslda.org/toolbox Thank you for your continued support! Standing with you, Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can only do so much... No one can be everywhere at once. And you can't be at home, teaching your children, while monitoring your state's legislature. Through electronic legislative services, HSLDA is monitoring state legislation for you -- watching and listening carefully for any proposed laws that could erode your right to homeschool. Join HSLDA today-we'll watch out for your future. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1942 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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