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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/4/2013 12:37:38 PM Dee Black--HSLDA Connecticut--Calls Needed to Defeat Threatening Homeschool Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Connecticut -- Calls Needed to Defeat Threatening Homeschool Bill Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Your calls and emails are needed to defeat a bill that threatens the liberty of homeschooling families in Connecticut. Proposed Bill 374 would require all homeschooled children ages 12, 14, and 17 to undergo a behavioral health assessment. These assessments would be conducted by an unspecified health care provider and would be conducted even though there was no indication whatsoever that these children had a behavioral problem. The bill states that the results of the assessments are to be disclosed only to the child's parent or guardian, but that the health care provider must submit a form to the State Board of Education verifying that the child has received the assessment. According to the Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership, a state organization made up of the Department of Children and Families, Department of Social Services, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and others, a behavioral health assessment is quite comprehensive and invasive. It includes "a review of physical and mental health, intelligence, school performance, employment, level of function in different domains including family situation, and behavior in the community." Proposed Bill 374 would essentially authorize the state to conduct regular social services investigations of homeschooling families without any basis to do so. This outrageous legislative proposal must be stopped in its tracks before it gains any momentum. This legislation is sponsored by Sen. Toni Nathaniel Harp (10th Dist.) and Rep. Toni E. Walker (93rd Dist.). The bill is presently in the Public Health Committee. We do not know when this bill would be considered, so please contact members of the Committee right away and express your opposition to it. Action Requested: Please call or email as many members of the Public Health Committee as possible with this message or a similar message in your own words: "Please vote against Proposed Bill 374, which would require behavioral health assessments for homeschooled children ages 12, 14, and 17 without any indication that they were needed. These comprehensive, invasive evaluations would constitute an unwarranted invasion of family privacy." When emailing members of the Committee, we recommend that you put in the subject line: "I oppose Bill 374." Last names A-F please contact: Sen. Terry B. Gerratana, Chair (D-06) Email here http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Gerratana-mailform.php 1-800-842-1420 Rep. Susan M. Johnson, Chair (D-049) Email here Susan.Johnson@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Sen. Gayle S. Slossberg, Vice Chair (D-14) Email here http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Slossberg-mailform.php 1-800-842-1420 Rep. Philip J. Miller, Vice Chair (D-036) Email here Philip.Miller@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Sen. Jason C. Welch, Ranking Member (R-31) Email here http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/contact-welch/ 1-800-842-1421 Rep. Prasad Srinivasan, Ranking Member (R-031) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-prasad-srinivasan/ 1-800-842-1423 Rep. David Alexander (D-058) Email here David.Alexander@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Last names G-L please contact: Rep. David Arconti (D-109) Email here David.Arconti@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Sen. Dante C. Bartolomeo (D-13) Email here http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Bartolomeo-mailform.php 1-800-842-1420 Rep. Whit Betts (R-078) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-whit-betts/ 1-800-842-1423 Rep. Michelle L. Cook (D-065) Email here Michelle.Cook@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Rep. Theresa W. Conroy (D-105) Email here Theresa.Conroy@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Rep. Christopher Davis (R-057) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-christopher-davis/ 1-800-842-1423 Rep. Mike Demicco (D-021) Email here Mike.Demicco@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Last names M-R please contact: Rep. DebraLee Hovey (R-112) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-debralee-hovey/ 1-800-842-1423 Sen. Robert J. Kane (R-32) Email here http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/contact-kane/ 1-800-842-1421 Rep. Themis Klarides (R-114) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-themis/ 1-800-842-1423 Rep. James Maroney (D-119) Email here James.Maroney@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Sen. Anthony J. Musto (D-22) Email here http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Musto-mailform.php 1-800-842-1420 Rep. Jason Perillo (R-113) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-jason-perillo/ 1-800-842-1423 Rep. Emmett D. Riley (D-046) Email here Emmett.Riley@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Last names S-Z please contact: Rep. Kevin Ryan (D-139) Email here Kevin.Ryan@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Rep. Peggy Sayers (D-060) Email here Peggy.Sayers@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Rep. David A. Scribner (R-107) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-david-scribner/ 1-800-842-1423 Rep. Peter A. Tercyak (D-026) Email here Peter.Tercyak@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Rep. Patricia M. Widlitz (D-098) Email here Patricia.Widlitz@cga.ct.gov 1-800-842-8267 Rep. Melissa H. Ziobron (R-034) Email here http://cthousegop.com/contact-melissa/ 1-800-842-1423 Rep. David Zoni (D-081) Email here http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Zoni/ 1-800-842-8267 2. Please forward this e-mail to every family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact members of the Committee. View the text of this bill > > http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17089 Please call or email today! Very truly yours, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel P.S. 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? Your support for our work enables us to defend individual families and protect homeschooling freedom for all. Join now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17088 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> 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. 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