Every year, OCEANetwork monitors any bills, initiatives, or rules that may negatively impact homeschool freedoms in Oregon. The need for vigilance is even greater during long legislative sessions, which happen every other year.
HB 3624 provides testing services for any Oregon homeschoolers who are willing to have a public school give the tests. See our previous alert here on the dangers of the bill. It passed the full House today and moves on to the Senate.
The Chief Sponsor of the bill is Representative Mark Owens.
Representative Owens carried the bill on the House floor today. He knew that homeschoolers statewide had been asking their Representatives to vote against the bill. He knew that “some” homeschooling organizations, including OCEANetwork, were opposed to the bill. But he voted for the bill anyway and encouraged fellow legislators to also vote for the bill. (View the recording of the session here. The relevant portion starts at 3:09:25.)
OCEANetwork plans to continue opposition to the bill on the Senate side.
Thank you for writing and calling your Representatives. We will let you know who to write/call on the Senate side when the time comes.
Rodger Williams
OCEANetwork Freedom Watch Team
If you have questions about this alert, please contact OCEANetwork here so we can forward it on to our Freedom Watch Team.
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