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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/13/2013 2:38:50 PM Dee Black--HSLDA Connecticut--Calls Needed to Stop Change in Compulsory School Attendance Law |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Connecticut--Calls Needed to Stop Change in Compulsory School Attendance Law Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Your calls are needed to members of the Education Committee to stop a Connecticut bill that would eliminate the right of parents to choose to wait until a child is 7 years old before sending their child to school. Current law permits a parent to not send a 6-year-old child to school by signing an option form. If Senate Bill 877 passes, parents would no longer have the right to determine whether a 6-year-old is ready for formal education. Instead, the child would have to attend school unless (1) a physician certified that the child should not attend until age 7 or (2) the child had been identified as having a developmental delay. This bill restricts the right of parents to determine when their child is ready for formal instruction. An almost identical bill to Senate Bill 877 passed the full Senate during the 2011 legislative session by a vote of 34-1. It was stopped from becoming law when the House of Representatives took no action on it after many homeschoolers contacted their state representatives and expressed their opposition to it. Hopefully your calls will stop this bill in the Senate this year. There is a public hearing on Friday, February 15, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. by the Education Committee to consider this bill. Please call or email right now to express your opposition to this unnecessary and restrictive change in Connecticut law. Action Requested: 1. Please call or email as many members of the Education Committee as possible with this message or something similar in your own words: "Please vote against Senate Bill 877, which would eliminate the right of parents to choose to wait until a child is 7 years old before sending this child to school. Parents, not school officials, are in the best position to determine when their child is ready for formal education." Please do not identify yourself as a homeschooling family, since this issue is broader than just homeschooling. The contact information for members of the Education Committee is as follows: If your last name begins with A-G, please contact: Rep. Andrew Fleischmann, Co-Chair (D) 1-860-240-0420 Andrew.Fleischmann@cga.ct.gov Sen. Andrea Stillman, Co-Chair (D) 1-800-842-1420 http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Stillman-mailform.php Rep. Douglas McCrory, Vice Chair (D) 1-800-842-8267 Douglas.McCrory@cga.ct.gov Sen. Beth Bye, Vice Chair (D) 1-800-842-1420 http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Bye-mailform.php Rep. Tim Ackert, Ranking Member (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-tim-ackert/ Sen. Antonietta "Toni" Boucher, Ranking Member (R) 1-800-842-1421 http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/contact-boucher/ Sen. Dante Bartolomeo (D) 1-800-842-1420 http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Bartolomeo-mailform.php Rep. Mitch Bolinsky (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-mitch/ Rep. Christie Carpino (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-christie/ Rep. Theresa W. Conroy (D) 1-800-842-8267 Theresa.Conroy@cga.ct.gov Rep. Michelle L. Cook (D) 1-800-842-8267 Michelle.Cook@cga.ct.gov If your last name begins with H-O, please contact: Rep. Michael D'Agostino (D) 1-800-842-8267 Michael.DAgostino@cga.ct.gov Rep. Paul Davis (D) 1-800-842-8267 Paul.Davis@cga.ct.gov Rep. Mike Demicco (D) 1-800-842-8267 Mike.Demicco@cga.ct.gov Rep. Henry Genga (D) 1-800-842-8267 henry.genga@cga.ct.gov Rep. Marilyn Giuliano (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-marilyn-giuliano/ Rep. Auden C. Grogins (D) 1-800-842-8267 Auden.Grogins@cga.ct.gov Rep. John K. Hampton (D) 1-800-842-8267 John.Hampton@cga.ct.gov Rep. Gary A. Holder-Winfield (D) 1-800-842-8267 Gary.Holder-Winfield@cga.ct.gov Rep. Susan Johnson (D) 1-800-842-8267 Susan.Johnson@cga.ct.gov Rep. David W. Kiner (D) 1-800-842-8267 David.Kiner@cga.ct.gov Rep. Noreen S. Kokoruda (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-noreen/ If your last name begins with P-Z, please contact: Rep. Gail Lavielle (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-gail/ Rep. Tim B. LeGeyt (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-tim-legeyt/ Sen. Art Linares (R) 1-800-842-1421 http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/contact-linares/ Sen. Andrew M. Maynard (D) 1-800-842-1420 http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Maynard-mailform.php Rep. Patricia Billie Miller (D) 1-800-842-8267 Patricia.Miller@cga.ct.gov Rep. Mike L. Molgano (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-mike-molgano/ Rep. Sandy H. Nafis (D) 1-800-842-8267 Sandy.Nafis@cga.ct.gov Rep. Jason Rojas (D) 1-800-842-8267 Jason.Rojas@cga.ct.gov Rep. Robert Sanchez (D) 1-800-842-8267 Bobby.Sanchez@cga.ct.gov Rep. Prasad Srinivasan (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-prasad-srinivasan/ Rep. Charlie L. Stallworth (D) 1-800-842-8267 Charlie.Stallworth@cga.ct.gov Rep. Stephen G. Walko (R) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-stephen/ 2. Please forward this email to every homeschooling family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact members of the committee with this same message. To view the text of Senate Bill 877, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17210 For more information on compulsory school attendance, please see our memorandum at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17211 Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel P.S. 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