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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/26/2012 12:09:40 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oklahoma: Two Bad Bills--We Need You at the Day at the Capitol! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Oklahoma: Two Bad Bills--We Need You at the Day at the Capitol! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: The Oklahoma Home Education Day at the Capitol is on February 7, and we need you there! Two bad bills have been pre-filed and are scheduled for their first reading when the Oklahoma Legislature opens on February 6. We would like to have one of the largest homeschool rallies at the Capitol ever to both oppose these bills and celebrate the home education freedom we enjoy in Oklahoma. Please register today for the Oklahoma Home Educators Day at the Capitol at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13527 . As in past years, Senator Jim Wilson has introduced legislation to regulate homeschool families. This year his bill, Senate Bill 1528, would create a voluntary homeschool regulation program. Under the bill, any parents who request the oversight of their homeschool program by the school district would have to demonstrate that their child is receiving adequate educational instruction. SB 1528 would require the parents to follow the same or "comparable" curricular standards as in the public school and the same instructional hours/school year as the public schools. If SB 1528 was passed, the Oklahoma State Board of Education would enact rules to regulate the oversight of these homeschool programs. Additionally, SB 1528 requires each school district to assign an "education oversight coordinator" to work with homeschool parents to "ensure that the child is receiving an education equivalent to that provided to students in public school." While homeschoolers have come to expect negative bills from Senator Wilson, his bill may not be the worst this year. House Bill 2543 has been pre-filed by Representative Jadine Nollan. This bill would require all homeschool families to file an annual affidavit to the Oklahoma State Board of Education. Anyone who wanted to homeschool his or her child between the ages of 6 and 18 would have to file a sworn statement each year no later than September 10. We need your presence at the Day at the Capitol to help ensure the continued freedom of home education in Oklahoma for both your family and for future generations. While the Day at the Capitol event is scheduled to be full of fun activities for the whole family, we would also like you to schedule a meeting with your legislators and share with them why both of these bills are bad for the freedom of Oklahoma parents to provide "other means of education" to their children. Now is the time for early registration. While you and your family can come if you haven't pre-registered, early registration is strongly encouraged. Registration allows you to get a name tag for the event, get an accurate count of those attending, and purchase a boxed lunch (if desired). Visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13527 to register now. REQUESTED ACTION: 1) Come to Oklahoma City on February 7, 2012, to participate in Home Education Day at the Capitol. Schedule a meeting with your legislator or buy them a boxed lunch. If you, or an older child, would like to be a volunteer please contact capitolday@ochec.com for more information. 2) If you can't make it to the Home Education Day at the Capitol, please pray for the event and see if your family could bake cookies to be given out to legislators. Each year legislators love getting homemade cookies from homeschoolers. To participate in the cookie drop go to: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13528 . 3) Finally, please consider making a donation to help defray the costs associated with the Home Education Day at the Capitol. It typically costs around $3,000 to put on the event and any donation would help. Please donate at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13529 . If you are not yet a member of HSLDA and would like to help us fight for greater parental rights and homeschool freedom in Oklahoma please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13530 . If you would like to be put on our email list to receive vital e-lerts you may sign up at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13531. Thank you for your part in fighting for freedom in Oklahoma! Feel free to forward this to your friends who are homeschooling but may not be part of HSLDA, OCHEC, or CHEF of OK. Sincerely, Thomas J (Tj) Schmidt 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. 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