This morning, we intercepted an email from a school superintendent in Northwest Arkansas. The superintendents are rallying to support Rep. Cook’s bad home school bill (HB 2144), and would like nothing more than to see parents lose their right to home school.
Calls and e-mails are pouring into the Capitol. Even Rep. Mark Martin, a home schooler who is on the House Education Committee, said that he has been inundated with calls and e-mails. He says you can shift your efforts to the other 19 members since he is already on board.
Rep. David Cook has filed a bad home school bill in the Arkansas Legislature. HB 2144 is on the House Education Committee Agenda for 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 12. This does not mean the bill will be debated that day, but it could be. Hopefully, Committee Chairman Bill Abernathy will schedule a hearing, called a special order of business, on a specific day and time. This will enable home schoolers from all over Arkansas to be present for the hearing. We will let you know the day and time of the hearing once it is scheduled.