SB 136 Tabled by Sponsor

SB 136, a bill to require registration of homeschoolers with the State Board of Education, has been tabled by its sponsor, Senator Ed Maloney (D-Chicago). We're told this means that the bill is dead for the session.

A rally outside the senator's district office in Chicago to oppose the bill had been scheduled for February 26th.

Illinois Review is calling on Sen. Maloney to issue a statement promising to abandon all such efforts during the current session.

I've received the following email from Senator Matt Murphy:

Good news! Efforts to stop SB136 have succeeded. For now! Senator Maloney tabled his bill today. However, I will continue to monitor the situation to make sure it is not later revived. Congratulations on your efforts, and those of the entire homeschool community, in derailing this unnecessary power grab. Please stay in touch. Matt

And from my friend Lauren Fleming, who serves as the legislative aide to my own state senator, Suzi Schmidt, I've received:

Paul,

Suzi wanted me to specifically contact you to let you know (though I think you may already be aware) that SB 136 has been tabled and is dead. If there are still questions or concerns from the group, she said she's happy to come in on Saturday to the district office and discuss it with anyone.

Lauren

It's really good to see legislators like Schmidt, Murphy, Duffy, Lauzen, McGann, Meeks, and others, step up to oppose vocally oppose such intrusive legislation.