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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/8/2013 12:27:23 PM Scott Woodruff--HSLDA Virginia--Call Now to Support SB 908 As Passed! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Dear Virginia HSLDA Members and Friends: Two parental rights bills are making progress in the Virginia General Assembly, but only one of them, SB 908, explicitly protects your fundamental right to direct the education of your child. We need your phone calls to help this bill! Although SB 908 passed the Senate, it is now in some danger as it moves to the House of Delegates. When the House committee reviews SB 908 next week (possibly on Monday afternoon), they might refuse to accept the bill's language that explicitly protects your fundamental right to direct the education of your child. The committee earlier refused to accept that language in the companion bill, HB 1642. The result is that HB 1642, though still a good bill, is now significantly weaker than SB 908. We deeply appreciate the fact that the House committee last week (and subsequently the full House) historically endorsed the principle that parental rights in general are fundamental. But it's important to go beyond generalities and mention educational rights specifically. That's what SB 908 does, and it's important to protect that. Action Requested If your delegate is listed below, please call him or her--preferably today or Monday morning. Your message can be as simple as "Please vote to report SB 908 without any amendment." In the list below, we have indicated which delegates voted "yes" on HB 1642. If your delegate is one, please give him this message instead: "Thank you for supporting parents' rights as fundamental in your Feb. 1 vote on HB 1642. But please vote to report SB 908 without any amendment." Use this link to find out who your delegate is: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17148 Contact Infomration, House Courts of Justice Committee Delegate David B. Albo--VOTED YES (804) 698-1042 email: DelDAlbo@house.virginia.gov Delegate Terry G. Kilgore (804) 698-1001 email: DelTKilgore@house.virginia.gov Delegate Robert B. Bell--VOTED YES (804) 698-1058 email: DelRBell@house.virginia.gov Delegate Benjamin L. Cline--VOTED YES (804) 698-1024 email: DelBCline@house.virginia.gov Delegate Salvatore R. Iaquinto--VOTED YES (804) 698-1084 email: DelSIaquinto@house.virginia.gov Delegate C. Todd Gilbert--VOTED YES (804) 698-1015 email: DelTGilbert@house.virginia.gov Delegate Jackson H. Miller (804) 698-1050 email: DelJMiller@house.virginia.gov Delegate G. Manoli Loupassi (804) 698-1068 email: DelMLoupassi@house.virginia.gov Delegate Ronald A. Villanueva (804) 698-1021 email: DelRVillanueva@house.virginia.gov Delegate Gregory D. Habeeb (804) 698-1008 email: DelGHabeeb@house.virginia.gov Delegate Peter F. Farrell--VOTED YES (804) 698-1056 email: DelPFarrell@house.virginia.gov Delegate J. Randall Minchew--VOTED YES (804) 698-1010 email: DelRMinchew@house.virginia.gov Delegate Rick L. Morris--VOTED YES (804) 698-1064 email: DelRMorris@house.virginia.gov Delegate Joseph P. Johnson, Jr.--VOTED YES (804) 698-1004 email: DelJJohnson@house.virginia.gov Delegate Vivian E. Watts (804) 698-1039 email: DelVWatts@house.virginia.gov Delegate David J. Toscano (804) 698-1057 email: DelDToscano@house.virginia.gov Delegate Charniele L. Herring (804) 698-1046 email: DelCHerring@house.virginia.gov Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan (804) 698-1071 email: DelJMcClellan@house.virginia.gov Background Information The delegates who voted "no" on HB 1642 are Charniele Herring, Jennifer McClellan and Vivian Watts. Those not listed in this elert as "no" or "yes" votes were not present and did not vote. Here is the language of SB 908, the strong bill: "A parent has a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child." Here is the language of HB 1642, the weaker bill: "A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of the parent's child." If the House Committee reports SB 908 without amendment, as we are asking, and the House subsequently passes SB 908 as is, HB 1642 will no longer be necessary, and Delegate Pogge will withdraw her bill. The Family Foundation and Home Educators Association of Virginia are united with HSLDA and ParentalRights.org in supporting this legislative effort. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely Yours, Scott A. Woodruff, Esq. Senior Counsel Home School Legal Defense Association 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. 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