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HB 1238

Contact the sponsors of this bill  or the House Education Committee members to voice your opposition.

Legislation has been submitted to statutorily classify all homeschoolers not in the state approved Home-Study program as "In Home Private Schools." This language is to be added to the revised statutes dealing with the state Home-Study program. Despite the fact that term "private school" is used, this language seems to classify home educators using the private school option as home-study, only without the state-approval.

This proposed language has the potential for restricting the educational freedom of home educators because it opens the door to classifying private school homeschoolers as not simply a private school, but a category of home-study. It will be more difficult to retain our freedoms if we allow this legislation to categorize us as other than simply a private school.

Read the full text of the bill here:
http://198.245.141.11/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=04RS&billid=HB1238

Send along your comments to LAHEN: hb1238@la-home-education.com

Please voice your opinion on this legislation. Contact information for the
sponsors of this bill:

Representative Gary J. Beard
larep069@legis.state.la.us use subject line: Rep Gary J. Beard
Republican - District 69
Contact form online - http://198.245.141.15/H-Citizens/contact-form.htm
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS
16565 George O'Neal
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
(225)756-3499
(225)756-3496 (Fax)


Representative A. G. Crowe
Republican - District 76
larep076@legis.state.la.us Use subject line: Rep A. G. Crowe
Contact form online - http://198.245.141.15/H-Citizens/contact-form.htm
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS
195 Strawberry Street
Slidell, LA 70460
(985)643-3600
(985)645-3566 (Fax)

Louisiana House of Representatives contact information:
http://198.245.141.15/reps.htm
 

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