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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/27/2012 10:33:24 AM Mike Donnelly--HSLDA New Hampshire Senator: Parents ... Unqualified and Untrustworthy? |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== New Hampshire Senator: Parents...Unqualified and Untrustworthy? Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: It has been reported that some New Hampshire senators are opposing House Bill 1440, the driver's education freedom bill, because "parents are unqualified and can't be trusted." It is reported that these senators don't trust parents to teach their children or that they might falsify records. After New Hampshire homeschoolers have worked hard to pass HB 1440 in the House, it faces defeat in the Senate Transportation Committee. So far only co-sponsor and committee member Jim Forsythe has publicly stood by the bill. Are the other members of the committee--senators Jim Rausch, David Boutin, Nancy Stiles, and Molly Kelly--going to stand by this outlandish notion that parents are unqualified and untrustworthy? Perhaps it is the well-funded driving school lobby that is influencing these senators to have such peculiar ideas. Is New Hampshire so different from other states where online driver's education has proven to be safe, effective, and affordable? Homeschooling families have told me that they feel forced to wait until their children are 18 to get their driver's license because the expense of driver's education is so high. Given a choice, many parents say they would prefer the option of allowing their 16- and 17-year-olds the opportunity to access driving privileges. New Hampshire homeschoolers have an opportunity in HB 1440 if urgent action is taken to save this common sense bill; HB 1440 would potentially save homeschoolers and other parents thousands of dollars! ACTION REQUESTED: Please make personal contact by phone, postal mail, or appointment with the following five senators today! It is important that you deliver a personal message to these senators and explain how this bill will positively affect your family. To find out who is your senator click here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=14181 Please deliver the following message in your own words: "Please vote 'ought to pass' on HB 1440 as amended by the House. The Driver's Education Freedom Bill will provide for safe, effective, and affordable driver's education programs for New Hampshire parents, many of whom struggle will this ever-increasing expense. HB 1440 can potentially save New Hampshire families thousands of dollars and provide options for their children's driver's training. It is not only offensive to suggest that parents are unqualified or can't be trusted with their child's driver training-- it is false. Experience in states where similar provisions have passed indicates that parent-supervised driver training is safe and effective; and the three-year trial program in New Hampshire also provides appropriate safeguards for potential abuse. This bill will also make it easier for middle and lower income families to provide opportunities for their children that are currently unavailable due to expensive driver's training programs. Instead of representing the interests of a few expensive driving schools, you should look out for what is best for the majority of your constituents and our children. HB 1440 should pass, and I urge you to support it in committee and on the floor of the Senate with a roll call vote." Senator Jim Rausch (Derry) - Transportation Committee Chair Statehouse Room 124 107 North Main Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3091 Senator David Boutin (Hooksett) - Transportation Committee Vice-Chair Legislative Office Building Room 102-B 33 North State Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3092 Senator Nancy Stiles (Hampton) Legislative Office Building Room 103-A 33 North State Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3093 Senator Molly Kelly (Keene) Statehouse Room 120 107 North Main Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3207 Senator Peter Bragdon (Milford) - President of the Senate Statehouse Room 302 107 North Main Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-2111 We greatly value you and your support--it is a privilege to serve you! 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? 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