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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/21/2013 2:38:47 PM Dee Black--HSLDA Mississippi: Calls Needed--Homeschool Curriculum Bill Passes House |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Calls Needed--Homeschool Curriculum Bill Passes House Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Despite a well-intended effort in the House Education Committee to remove nonpublic schools from the effects of Mississippi House Bill 637, which would impose curriculum and graduation requirements on homeschoolers, this bill remains as much of a threat to your freedom as it ever did. It passed the House of Representatives on February 13 and is now being considered by the Senate Education Committee. Your calls and emails to members of the committee are needed to stop this bill before it goes any further. House Bill 637 would require all students, including those in a home instruction program, to take and pass a course in personal finance before earning a high school diploma. The bill states that the State Board of Education shall implement a "financial literacy curriculum" by the 2014-2015 school year. While the concept of teaching financial responsibility is a good idea, this bill is objectionable for at least three reasons. First, Mississippi law does not now mandate any courses to be taught in a home instruction program, so this would be the first required course. Second, and even more significant, the content of this course would be prescribed by the State Board of Education. Homeschoolers would not be permitted to choose the curriculum that is compatible with their values and philosophy. Third, for the first time in the history of Mississippi homeschooling, the state would impose a requirement for a student to receive a diploma from a home instruction program. Members of the Senate Education Committee need to know that homeschooling families oppose this unnecessary imposition of a required course and graduation requirements for home instruction programs. Action Requested 1. Please call and/or email members of the Senate Education Committee with this message or something similar in your own words: "Please vote against House Bill 637 which would require students in a home instruction program to take and pass a course in personal finance developed by the State Board of Education. No homeschool student would be permitted to receive a high school diploma without first passing this course. Parents who are homeschooling should be able to choose course materials for subjects taught." Gray Tollison, Chairman (601) 359-3244 gtollison@senate.ms.gov Nancy Adams Collins, Vice-Chairman (601) 359-2395 ncollins@senate.ms.gov David Blount (601) 359-3232 dblount@senate.ms.gov Terry C. Burton (601) 359-3234 tburton@senate.ms.gov Videt Carmichael (601) 359-3244 vcarmichael@senate.ms.gov Steve Hale (601) 359-3252 shale@senate.ms.gov Angela Burks Hill (601) 359-3226 ahill@senate.ms.gov W. Briggs Hopson, III (601) 359-3237 bhopson@senate.ms.gov Russell Jolly (601) 359-2886 rjolly@senate.ms.gov David Jordan (601) 359-3244 djordan@senate.ms.gov Chris Massey (601) 359-2886 cmassey@senate.ms.gov John A. Polk (601) 359-3246 jpolk@senate.ms.gov Tony Smith (601) 359-2886 tsmith@senate.ms.gov Brice Wiggins (601) 359-3232 bwiggins@senate.ms.gov J.P. Wilemon, Jr. (601) 359-3232 jwilemon@senate.ms.gov 2. Please forward this email to every family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact members of the committee about this bill. View the text of this bill: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17305 Please call or email today! Sincerely, 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 to recommend us as we defend the rights of homeschooling families? Join now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17306 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: The freedom HSLDA allows me to have as I homeschool is wonderful! They handle the law and I get to dedicate the time to my daughter. - National City, CA HSLDA members since 1993, our membership is just as important to us as our children's curriculum. 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