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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/13/2012 4:23:41 PM Scott Woodruff--HSLDA Maine: Call to Support Amending LD 1503! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 13, 2012 Call to Support Amending LD 1503! An important vote on expanding compulsory attendance age in Maine is expected tomorrow! If you have not already called your state representative, please call today or early tomorrow and ask him or her to support the Espling amendment to LD 1503. Unless Representative Espling's amendment is adopted, LD 1503 would expand compulsory school attendance from the 7th birthday down to the 6th, and from the 17th up to the 18th. Her amendment needs your support! REQUESTED ACTION 1. Call your Maine state representative promptly and ask them to vote "yes" on the Espling amendment to LD 1503. Your message can be as simple as: "Please vote YES on the Espling Amendment to LD 1503. This will protect parents' rights but give schools the additional tools they want for dealing with truancy." Use our Legislative Toolbox and type in your ZIP code to determine who your Maine state representative is. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13833 The Clerk of the House can take a message for your representative at (207) 287-1400. Or call (207) 287-1430 to leave a message for a Democratic representative, or (207) 287-1440 for a Republican. If the Espling amendment is not adopted, LD 1503 would undermine the freedom of all parents. It is not necessary for you to identify yourself as a homeschooler. 2. Please forward this to other Maine homeschoolers! BACKGROUND LD 1503 also changes truancy and expulsion procedures. This is not problematic for homeschool families. Homeschoolers of Maine (HOME) and HSLDA are united in opposing the attempt to expand compulsory school attendance age. For additional reasons to oppose expanding compulsory attendance age, refer to our earlier elerts on this bill. Thank you for your calls on behalf of freedom in Maine! Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How long are you in for? Some families are facing what seems like a lifelong commitment to homeschooling, with children at both ends of the spectrum -- some graduating and some just reaching school age. If you're going to be "in" for a while, consider a lifetime membership with HSLDA. It's a good deal for families with more than 10 years of homeschooling ahead. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1936 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: ##ToAddress## - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
