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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/28/2012 2:10:11 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA Opposed to Senate Bill 384 |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== HSLDA Opposed to Senate Bill 384 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: As some of you may have heard, Indiana Senate Bill 384 was amended in the House Education Committee late last week. In the hearing an amendment was proposed for SB 384 to require homeschool parents to submit an educational plan before withdrawing their children from high school. Sensing that Amendment No. 3 was not good for the homeschool community, Rep. Thompson asked what homeschoolers thought of it. We understand that the chairman, Rep. Robert Behning, responded that homeschoolers supported the bill. In fact, we understand that both Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) and HSLDA were mentioned as supporting the amendment. This is certainly not true. HSLDA is vehemently opposed to this amendment. We have already written a letter to key members of the Indiana Legislature to inform them of our objections to this amendment. You can see the letter here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13865 HSLDA is extremely disappointed with this misrepresentation. No one from the Indiana Legislature contacted HSLDA about Amendment No. 3 prior to it being introduced in committee. No one in the Indiana Legislature asked for our opinion on the amendment. While we were aware of the possibility of an amendment being proposed, we had clearly made our position against it be known. HSLDA has been working behind the scenes this entire legislative session with IAHE and Micah Clark with the American Family Association of Indiana to stop this attempt to add requirements to homeschoolers. Action Requested: The House has heard your opposition to this bill! At this time we are not requesting any more calls but ask you to closely monitor this situation. If the bill passes the House it will have to go to Conference Committee, and we expect to be able to remove this amendment at that time. Background: Senate Bill 384 originally dealt with accredited schools. However, after passing the Senate it was amended in the House Education Committee to add a new section to Indiana law. This section states: SECTION 20. IC 20-33-2-28.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 28.6. (a) This section applies to a high school student who is transferring to a nonaccredited nonpublic school located in a private residence. (b) Before a student withdraws from a public school, the student and the parent or guardian of the student must present an education plan to the principal of the public school. The principal must inform the student and the parent or guardian of the student of the parent's or guardian's minimum educational responsibilities for the student, including compulsory attendance, and that failure to ensure compliance with the minimum educational responsibilities could result in a charge of neglect of a dependent under IC 35-46-1-4. If the student and the parent or guardian of the student fail to provide an education plan to the principal, the principal shall report the student to the bureau of motor vehicles for action under section 28.5(g) of this chapter." Amendment No. 3 is simply a modified version of Senate Bill 374 that was introduced earlier this session. While we were able to help stop that bill, those pushing this issue added Amendment No. 3 to Senate Bill 384. In the discussion about Senate Bill 374 HSLDA made it very clear to the Indiana Department of Education that we did not support this approach at all. Thank you for your support for homeschool freedom in Indiana! Sincerely, Thomas J. Schmidt HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many of your friends would pay your legal fees? As a member of HSLDA, you have 80,000 families standing with you to protect and advance homeschool freedoms in the United States and foreign countries. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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