HB 3478 Sponsored by Rep. “Doug” Brannon
The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and other home school associations are warning parents of the dangers in a bill sponsored by Landrum District 38 Rep. “Doug” Brannon.
HB 3478 threatens home school freedoms by removing one of the home school options. It would “eliminate membership in a home school association and impose state testing on all home school students. “The bill is currently in the House Education and Public Works Committee chaired by Philip D. “Phil” Owens of Easley. Mark Willis of Fountain Inn and Tommy Stringer of Greer are members of the committee.
The association recommended the following message be sent to members of the committee.
Please vote against House Bill 3478,which would unfairly require home school students to take the same state tests as public school students. Home school students are not instructed using the same curriculum as public school students, yet they would be tested on material they may not have been taught. Even worse, this bill would eliminate membership in a home school association as an option for complying with the compulsory attendance law. There is no justification for taking this option away from thousands of law-abiding home school families and destroying the livelihood of those who administer these associations.
