CHAP LOBBY DAY PRESS RELEASE

CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA

231 N. Chestnut Street, Palmyra, PA 17078

717-838-0980 <> www.CHAPonline.com

CHAP HELP Day [Home Education Lobby Program]

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

10:00 AM

at the Main Rotunda of the Capitol

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: April 4, 2015                                                                       

Contact: Corie Moore

Email: chaphelpdayregister@gmail.com

Website: chaplegislativeaction.blogspot.com            

                                                                                             

HOMESCHOOLERS DEMAND

PROTECTION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

Homeschoolers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania celebrated the passage of HB1013 for validating the rights of parents in the education of their children. Act 196 of 2014 improved on the homeschool law by removing unnecessary and redundant oversight by the school district. It also allows parents to issue a high-school diploma to students who complete the required course work which gives graduates the same rights and privileges by the Commonwealth as public school graduates.

The current Pennsylvania legislative session has presented multiple new assaults on parental authority. A new law threatens to close homeschool co-ops with the burdensome requirement for background checks for every participant.  Not one, but two legislations would lower the compulsory attendance age of school attendance from 8 to 6.  Two other proposed bills would remove moral and ethical exemptions for vaccinations which is similar to a religious belief. In essence, this would force parents to have children vaccinated against their will.

We lobby on this day to uphold our parental rights and authority.

Presenters invited are:

Vicki Suarez, Homeschool Mom, State Coordinator for ParentalRights.com

Representative Jesse Topper, District 78, Homeschool Graduate

Representative Mark Gillen, District 128, Homeschool Dad

Will Estrada, Director of Federal Relations of HSLDA

The interests of children are best served when parents are free to make child-rearing decisions about education, health, religion and other areas of a child's life without state interference.

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