| From the HSLDA E-lert Service: |
< BACK TO ARCHIVE |
| Date: From: Subject: | 10/9/2012 1:20:58 PM Mike Smith HSLDA--Roy Hanson FPM California: Victory! 5-Year-Old Compulsory Education Defeated |
|
====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== California: Victory! 5-Year-Old Compulsory Education Defeated ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JOINT LEGISLATIVE VICTORY NEWSFLASH - October 9, 2012 From: Mike Smith--HSLDA and Roy Hanson--Family Protection Ministries ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill: AB 2203 (Perez) as amended 4/24/12 - 5-Year-Old Compulsory Education DEFEATED - A Tremendous Victory for Children and their Parents!! We strongly opposed. Thanks for your important prayers and phone calls! Status: AB 2203 died in the California State Assembly. Summary of Concern: AB 2203 would have been detrimental to the right of parents to protect their children by coercively lowering the compulsory education age from 6 to 5 years of age, in effect making kindergarten mandatory. This bill is similar to, but different from AB 1772. The vast majority of research demonstrates that while some children who enter school at the age of 5 years or younger, under certain circumstances, may experience short-term gains, these disappear after two to four years. Conversely, many children, especially boys, would have experienced long-lasting adverse effects from being forced into a formal education program at age 5 or younger. For documentation of this important point, see the background paper on summary of research at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=15944 AB 2203 also would have taken another step toward forcing a mandatory state-licensed preschool program for all 3- and 4-year-olds. There were serious problems with AB 2203 that are outlined in our previous e-lert, which you can read on our website at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=15945 . We appreciate all who helped with your vital phone calls and prayers. FPM's Nathan Pierce testified in committee against AB 2203 on your behalf. No further action is required on AB 2203. Thanks again for your important prayers, phone calls, and support of our work! 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=14438 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Have you ever yelled into the wind, only to hear the sound of your voice blown back at you? It's hard to be heard in the midst of a storm. Trying to influence federal legislation is much like yelling to be heard while standing in a fierce wind. Yet when 80,000 voices join together, they become a powerful force that cannot be drowned out. Join HSLDA to be heard above the tempests that threaten homeschool freedoms. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1939 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
