[valkyrieanne]

I realized this morning that much of the concern of the establishment if HB 2560 is passed is that some people might violate the cumpulsary attendance law and use home schooling as a shield.

Irony of ironies! How much violation of the compulsory education law is found among *public school students?* How much does the state pay per annum to track down truants? A lot, I'll bet.

[Domestic Church]

Well this is what they are spending(conservative figure too) on the .09% according to MaryAlice Newborne's Testimony :

"The current home education law is an unfunded mandate on the already financially drained public school systems. The monitoring of paperwork and micromanaging home educators costs the School Districts approximately $5 Million per year . In 2000, after looking over paperwork for over 23,000 students, the superintendents questioned the education of only 0.09% of the home educated population. Financially, this equates to spending over $220,000 per inappropriate education finding."

Heads up to the taxpayers of Pennsylvania!

[ArGee]

Irony of ironies! How much violation of the compulsory education law is found among *public school students?* How much does the state pay per annum to track down truants? A lot, I'll bet.

The rest of that story is that experience shows that lazy parents don't choose home education - they choose public school. Even in states like Texas where the law is geared toward freedom of the parents, it is still easier to put your kids on the bus in the morning.

Shalom.

[Domestic Church]

There are more photos and testimonies from the hearing including that of Chris Klicka, The Constitutional Atty from HSLDA at


http://members.truevine.net/pi lgrimspage@truevine.net/Home_E d_Bill.htm