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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/28/2012 2:53:50 PM Scott Woodruff--HSLDA Maine--Victory Over Compulsory Age Expansion! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Maine--Victory Over Compulsory Age Expansion! Dear Maine HSLDA Members and Friends: Thank you for your awesome phone calls! They helped turn the tide on a bill that looked nearly unstoppable. Encouraged by your many phone calls, yesterday the Maine House of Representatives added the Espling amendment to LD 1503. This took out all parts of the bill that would have pushed the starting age for compulsory school attendance down from 5 to 6 and the ending age up from 17 to 18. The remaining parts of the bill are not problematic. No more phone calls are needed. Please consider sending a brief email to your representative thanking him or her for supporting the right of parents to choose what is best for their children and keeping the compulsory school age as is in LD 1503. Representatives Eleanor Espling (New Gloucester) and Dana Dow (Waldoboro) have earned our special thanks for their leadership role on this important issue. Home Schoolers of Maine (HOME) once again demonstrated its effectiveness in protecting freedom in Maine. LD 1503 has gone back to the Senate for further consideration. We will keep you informed, but we are cautiously optimistic that the Senate will leave the Espling amendment in place. Thank you for your calls on behalf of freedom in Maine! Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many news articles did you read this morning over your oatmeal? We live in a world where concise information presented at the right time can make a big difference in the outcome of important legislative efforts. Yet it's tough to keep up with all the issues that affect you. HSLDA does this for you in the areas that affect your homeschool. Our emails and website enable you to take quick, decisive action. Please consider becoming a part of this team. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1923 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
