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Monday, March 23, 2009
Calling All Homeschoolers and Supporters of Homeschooling
It has come to my attention that Representative Dan Moul, 91st district, sent a memo to every PA state representative concerning the introduction of a bill on February 5th. The memo was titled Co-sponsorship of Legislation Homeschool Evaluations. He is looking for co-sponsorship. This bill would essentially remove the requirement that home education programs be evaluated by public school superintendents in order to determine whether students were receiving an appropriate education.
Current law not only requires parents to obtain an evaluation of their program by persons with qualifications prescribed by statute at their own personal expense, it also requires local superintendents to conduct virtually the same evaluation to also determine whether an appropriate education is occurring. The proposed bill would require parents to submit to the local superintendent only the written evaluation and certification from the qualified evaluator that an appropriate education was occurring. The superintendent would be free to focus on their duties related to the public school rather than wasting countless hours re-doing what a qualified evaluator has already done. This bill will be beneficial for taxpayers, our public schools, and homeschoolers. It is costly, unnecessary, and time consuming to review the portfolios twice. Re-reviewing thousands of portfolios every year is not only burdensome for school districts, but also wastes resources that could have been used for our public school students.
I urge you to take a strong stand in support of homeschooling parents in your district and in Pennsylvania by asking your local Representative to co-sponsor this bill and work to enact it. Pennsylvania's laws pertaining to homeschooling are among the strictest in the nation. Easing this one portion of the regulations would show that the Pennsylvania state motto of Virtue, Liberty and Independence is more than just a saying from our forefathers, but also stands as a true testament to the desire of the people to live free of control by others.
To know more, visit:
http://pahomeschool.embarqspace.com
Current law not only requires parents to obtain an evaluation of their program by persons with qualifications prescribed by statute at their own personal expense, it also requires local superintendents to conduct virtually the same evaluation to also determine whether an appropriate education is occurring. The proposed bill would require parents to submit to the local superintendent only the written evaluation and certification from the qualified evaluator that an appropriate education was occurring. The superintendent would be free to focus on their duties related to the public school rather than wasting countless hours re-doing what a qualified evaluator has already done. This bill will be beneficial for taxpayers, our public schools, and homeschoolers. It is costly, unnecessary, and time consuming to review the portfolios twice. Re-reviewing thousands of portfolios every year is not only burdensome for school districts, but also wastes resources that could have been used for our public school students.
I urge you to take a strong stand in support of homeschooling parents in your district and in Pennsylvania by asking your local Representative to co-sponsor this bill and work to enact it. Pennsylvania's laws pertaining to homeschooling are among the strictest in the nation. Easing this one portion of the regulations would show that the Pennsylvania state motto of Virtue, Liberty and Independence is more than just a saying from our forefathers, but also stands as a true testament to the desire of the people to live free of control by others.
To know more, visit:
http://pahomeschool.embarqspace.com
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Be an Efficient Grassroots Patriot
Do you have a directory of your legislators?
If you are a grassroots patriot, I highly recommend that you have a printed copy handy for times when you need to contact your officials, state and federal.
1 - If you're from Pennsyvania, go to:
2 - Click LEGIS-LOOKUP!
3 - Enter your information and it will show you a list of all the legislators in your district based on your zip code.
4 - Click their profile
5 - Right click print
6 - Do this for each of them in the list, from your local Representative to the President.
7 - Staple them together and you have your handy grassroots patriot's directory.
Place them where you can easily find them and you'll be surprised how much you can accomplish in such a short time; especially when urgent concerns that require immediate actions come on a short notice.
*** For all States, you may find your information at:
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
January 22, 1973 - One of the Worst Days in American History
January 22, 1973, is one of the worst days in American history. Why?
Check out these numbers:
Deaths: American soldiers killed in the
Documented civilian deaths from suicide bombings and violence in
(http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/)
Abortions in 2008 alone 38,639,842 (as of 11/2/2008 a.m.)
***When I wrote this, just 16 days since the turn of the new calendar year - 1,945,375
(http://www.WorldOMeters.info/)
It is possible to recover from economic recessions but how do you recover these innocent lives?
49,551,703 abortions since Roe v. Wade became legal on January 22, 1973.
(http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/abortionstats.html).
Wait! It got worse! Does infanticide count as abortion?
(http://www.nrlc.org/FOCA/LawmakersProposeFOCA.html)
We're killing our children - our future.
Psalm 127:3 says, "Children are a gift from God..."
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