House Bill 2797 Update
House Bill 2797 was heard by the House Education Committee on April 15, 2009.
Unfortunately, we don't have enough votes on the committee to move the bill forward this year. However, as sponsor Senator Starr described it, this
hearing was good "continuing education" for the legislators, especially for some new Education Committee members who have not heard these issues before.
Please continue to work with your legislators to build a better understanding of the "home education is private education" message, and increase our chances of strengthening our home education freedom next session.
HB 2797 would have removed the standardized testing and reporting requirements to which homeschoolers are still subject but other privately educated children are not. HB 2797 was sponsored by Representative Barker and Senator Starr, at the request of Oregon Home Education Network (OHEN) and Oregon Christian Education Association Network (OCEANetwork).
A synopsis of HB 2797
Arguments in favor of HB 2797
To read the content of HB 2797, go here.
To find your state legislator, go to http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/
enter your street address, and then scroll down the resulting list to the last two entries, which will be your state Senator and state Representative.
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