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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/18/2013 1:10:25 PM Mike Donnelly -- HSLDA URGENT: Calls Needed NOW to Protect Your Family |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== URGENT: Calls Needed NOW to Protect Your Family Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Senate Bill ("SB") 404 will be heard today in the Senate Judiciary Committee--it has already passed the Senate Education Committee. The bill would allow the state to prosecute for child neglect if a child is "habitually absent from school without good cause." What is good cause? Who gets to decide? A similar bill did not pass out of the House last year. Current truancy laws exist that are adequate to handle absences from school. Before adding new sanctions schools should enforce the laws on the books instead of going after families under abuse and neglect laws just because their children are not in school. This law would also affect any family that wanted to withdraw their child from school immediately to homeschool but would be at risk of "habitual truancy" if they chose not to abide by the 14 day waiting period in the Homeschool law which HSLDA believes may be unconstitutional. Action Requested: Please contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee IMMEDIATELY and give them the following messages in your own words: "I am calling to oppose SB 404. SB 404 defines habitual school absences as a form of child neglect. This bill conflates truancy and neglect and allows for parents to be charged with neglect and possibly lose their children just because they are missing school. Truancy issues can often be the result of misunderstandings or miscommunication and escalating the issue to an accusation of neglect is unwarranted. Truancy should not be presumed to be neglect. This bill did not proceed last year after being studied and should not move forward this year. Last year in the study committee it was reported that there was over 90% attendance compliance in WV so this law is certainly not indicated. Please vote against SB 404." Please contact the members according to your last name below and also your own Senator! To find out whom your senator is you can visit this link: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17631 If your last name begins with A-G, please contact these Senators concerning SB 404: Senator Palumbo (Committee Chair) Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7880 E-mail: corey.palumbo@wvsenate.gov Senator Tucker (Committee Vice-Chair) Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7906 E-mail: greg.tucker@wvsenate.gov Senator Beach Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7919 E-mail: bob.beach@wvsenate.gov Senator Cann Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7904 E-mail: sam.cann@wvsenate.gov Senator Cookman Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7980 E-mail: donald.cookman@wvsenate.gov Senator Fitzsimmons Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7918 E-mail: rocky@fitzsimmonsfirm.com If your last name begins with H-O, please contact these Senators concerning SB 404: Senator Hall, D. Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7807 E-mail: daniel.hall@wvsenate.gov Senator Jenkins Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7956 E-mail: evan.jenkins@wvsenate.gov Senator Kirkendoll Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7857 E-mail: art.kirkendoll@wvsenate.gov Senator Miller Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7959 E-mail: ronald.miller@wvsenate.gov Senator Snyder Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7957 E-mail: herb.snyder@wvsenate.gov If your last name begins with P-Z, please contact these Senators concerning SB 404: Senator Unger Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7933 E-mail: john.unger@wvsenate.gov Senator Williams Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7995 E-mail: bob.williams@wvsenate.gov Senator Carmichael Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7855 E-mail: Mitch.Carmichael@wvsenate.gov Senator Cole Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7843 E-mail: bill.cole@wvsenate.gov Senator Nohe Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7970 E-mail: dcnohe@suddenlink.net Senator Walters Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7866 E-mail: chris.walters@wvsenate.gov Thank you for all you do in defense of freedom for families in the great state of West Virginia! Very truly yours, Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. HSLDA Staff Attorney 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 threatened by government officials and protect homeschooling freedom for all. Join now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17632 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your children's inheritance retain its value? If you pass on a legacy of freedom, your children and their children's children will thank you. But freedom is never secure; it must always be guarded. Membership with HSLDA is an investment in the future that can be passed on to future generations of families wanting to teach their children at home. 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