Below is information on which way the members of the House Education Committee seem to be leaning regarding HB 2144, David Cook\u2019s home school bill. Home schoolers have done a very good job of contacting members of the committee. Several members of the committee have indicated that they do not support Rep. Cook\u2019s bill. A number of committee members have suggested doing an interim study on the bill. This would be fine with us. In the meantime, home schoolers are encouraged to continue contacting members of the committee. You can reach them at the capitol switchboard Monday \u2013 Friday during the day at (501) 682-6211. You can e-mail them any time, or call them at home over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Likely to Vote Against HB 2144<\/strong><\/p>\n The following members of the House Education Committee have indicated that the do not support HB 2144, David Cook\u2019s home school bill. Several are interested in placing the bill in an interim study. Some could change their minds if the bill is amended. Please contact the following members of the House Education Committee and thank them for opposing HB 2144, David Cook\u2019s home school bill.<\/p>\n 1. Rep. Mark Martin – martinm@arkleg.state.ar.us | 479-466-7386 Intentions Unclear on HB 2144<\/strong><\/p>\n The following members of the House Education Committee have not indicated clearly their intentions regarding HB 2144, David Cook\u2019s home school bill. Some of these members have expressed interest in placing the bill in an interim study. Please call the following members of the House Education Committee and ask them to vote against HB 2144, David Cook\u2019s Home school bill.<\/p>\n 1. Rep. Bill Abernathy \u2013 abernathyb@arkleg.state.ar.us | 479-394-2733 David Cook is a member of the House Education Committee. If you believe placing the bill in an interim study is an acceptable alternative, please contact him at: Rep. David Cook \u2013 cookd@arkleg.state.ar.us | 870-966-4703<\/p>\n Eleven votes are required for passage of this bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Below is information on which way the members of the House Education Committee seem to be leaning regarding HB 2144, David Cook\u2019s home school bill. Home schoolers have done a very good job of contacting members of the committee. Several members of the committee have indicated that they do not support Rep. Cook\u2019s bill. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[37,38,101,23],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation","tag-bad-home-school-bill","tag-hb2144","tag-legislation","tag-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Rep. Donna Hutchinson – hutchinsond@arkleg.state.ar.us | 472-876-6011
\n3. Rep. Dan Greenberg – rep.greenberg@gmail.com | 501-588-4245
\n4. Rep. Monty Betts \u2013 bettsm@arkleg.state.ar.us | 501-268-9254
\n5. Rep. Toni Bradford \u2013 bradfordt@arkleg.state.ar.us | 870-879-5270
\n6. Rep. Jody Dickinson \u2013 870-523-8222
\n7. Rep. Mark Perry – mperry@alltel.net | 501-985-0124
\n8. Rep. Robert Dale – redale70@yahoo.com | 479-331-3503
\n9. Rep. Les Carnine – carninel@arkleg.state.ar.us | 501-682-7771
\n10. Rep. Jerry Brown \u2013 brownj@arkleg.state.ar.us | 870-238-3815
\n11. Rep. Rick Saunders \u2013 saundersr@arkleg.state.ar.us | 501-760-7770<\/p>\n
\n2. Rep. Charolette Wagner – wagnerc@arkleg.state.ar.us | 870-561-4600
\n3. Rep. Tim Summers \u2013 summerst@arkleg.state.ar.us | 479-273-0773
\n4. Rep. Steve Breedlove \u2013 breedloves@arkleg.state.ar.us | 479-996-9712
\n5. Rep. Eddie Cheatham \u2013 cheathame@arkleg.state.ar.us | 870-364-5659
\n6. Rep. Linda Tyler – tylerl@arkleg.state.ar.us | 501-329-8644
\n7. Rep. David Rainey \u2013 raineyd@arkleg.state.ar.us | 870-382-2003
\n8. Rep. Nancy Duffy Blount – blount235@sbcglobal.net | 870-295-1386<\/p>\n