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Call Now to Oppose Federal Funding for Early Education Programs

Original link Added September 3, 2010

Our friends at HSLDA are asking for your help concerning the issue below.

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September 16, 2009
 
HSLDA: Call Now to Oppose Federal Funding for Early Education Programs
 
Dear HSLDA Members and Friends,
 
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today or tomorrow on H.R. 3221, the "Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009."
 
This bill should be opposed for the following reasons:
 
> It will create federal funding for state early education programs for children from birth to 5 years old, allowing government officials to make parenting decisions for children in these programs;
 
> States may use the funds to create mandatory early education programs, since the bill does not require that the programs be voluntary;
 
> The states will have an economic incentive to increase the number of children in early education programs, and may pressure families to enroll their children in these programs;
 
> It will greatly increase the size and scope of the federal government's involvement in education.
 
You can read HSLDA's detailed legislative analysis of H.R. 3221 here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6971

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