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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/16/2012 10:54:10 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Action NEEDED to Defeat Bad Amendment! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Action NEEDED to Defeat Bad Amendment! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, HB 1440 is reportedly scheduled for an executive session in the Transportation Committee on February 21, and your help is needed to pass this bill with a positive amendment and to defeat a bad amendment. Lobbyists for the expensive driving schools are presenting an amendment through representatives Tholl and Hinch that would require driving time with a driving school instructor. However, Vice Chairman Hikel's amendment would allow parents to supervise the behind-the-wheel portion of the new online driving course. This is a commonsense approach to homeschool friendly legislation that has been passed in a number of states and has been proven to be safe and effective. Parents can be trusted to supervise their children to learn how to drive. Please take action to support Vice Chairman Hikel's amendment and to defeat the Tholl/Hinch amendment. ACTION REQUESTED: Please contact members of the House Transportation Committee TODAY to encourage them to support HB 1440 as amended by Vice Chairman Hikel and to oppose the amendment offered by Tholl and Hinch. Give the following message your own words: "Please support HB 1440 and vote OTP with Vice Chairman Hikel's amendment which provides for online driver's education and parent-supervised behind-the-wheel instruction. Passing HB 1440 will increase options for all parents. As a homeschooling parent I support this bill because some homeschoolers have had difficulty obtaining driver's education opportunities in schools. I believe parents are more than qualified to supervise their child's behind-the-wheel portion of the driving instruction. Please vote against the amendment offered by representatives Tholl and Hinch, who are being influenced by the driving school lobby and which would require some behind-the-wheel instruction to be supervised by expensive driving school instructors. Parents are competent to oversee behind-the-wheel driving time. Numerous states have provided for this parent supervised alternative which has proven to be safe and effective." You can email the entire committee by using the following email address: housetransportationcommittee@leg.state.nh.us Please use the subject line "HB 1440 - OTP with Hikel Amendment." You may also contact individual members of the House Transportation Committee. To get contact information for the committee click: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13781 If your representative is a member of the committee please contact them directly as a constituent. To find out who is your representative click: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13782 BACKGROUND: Lobbyists for traditional driver's education programs oppose Vice Chairman Hikel's amendment on HB 1440 because it will take business away from their driving schools and programs. But online driver's education has been approved in numerous states and is an exceptional benefit for homeschoolers who otherwise have difficulties obtaining space in school-sponsored driver's education programs and must alternatively pay a driving school. Furthermore, parent-involved driver's training has demonstrated to be a more safe and effective form of education. For more information about why online driver's education is a good idea click: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13783 Without your support we could not stand for freedom in New Hampshire! If you or someone you know is not a member of HSLDA, will you consider taking a moment today to join or recommend us and support our work defending individual families threatened by government officials and protecting homeschooling freedom for all? Join now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13784 Very truly yours, Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Who are the nation's best lobbyists? We don't know that this has ever been determined; but we do know that HSLDA's Federal Relations Department is the only national organization lobbying on behalf of homeschoolers on Capitol Hill. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1102 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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