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Bill: The Home Schooling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hutori Conservative Council
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2557
Description[?]:
| As a party that understands and respects that many of this nation's families are not satisfied with the way in which their child is being taught at schools, the Hutori Conservative Council moves that any family that wishes to home-school their child may do so. The reality is that many schools in this nation today teach a certain agenda - that is, they teach evolutionism, sexual education, and many other secular humanist classes, some of which are compulsory. As many families in this nation are religious, and may not want their child taught in the particular way that schools demand, the Hutori Conservative Council believes families should have the option of homeschooling their child. Of course, the Hutori Conservative Council believes that every child should be educated - we do believe education should be compulsory, but we do not believe in forcing families to send their children to schools that are teaching them things they do not want them to be taught. Parents should have the primary role over their child's upbringing, and how they want them to be brought up. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:02:13, March 31, 2008 CET | From | Viktor Schmöller Collective | To | Debating the The Home Schooling Act |
| Message | As a party that simply cannot understand how families could possibly be not satisfied with the large varieties of state schools, schools thus ruled by the very same ideals that they voted for, we cannot vote for this. |
| Date | 14:44:39, April 01, 2008 CET | From | Hutori Conservative Council | To | Debating the The Home Schooling Act |
| Message | Varieties of state schools? Yes, these schools are 'ruled by the very same ideals they voted for' - but we must ask, who is 'they'? Are 'they' the secular humanist majority? Unfortunately, whilst democracy is undoubtably the most desirable form of government in existance, and the only acceptable form of goverment, it has minor failings in that the ruling by the majority is sometimes to the detriment of the individual and the family. In this instance, for example, the Viktor Schmoller Collective has cited the 'ideals' that 'they' voted for - but religious families with particular values are a relatively small demographic, and so any 'values' they voted for would have been overidden by those of the secular majority. This is a problem for both freedom and families. We are dissapointed to see that a party we generally admire, the Viktor Schmoller Collective, would vote against this legislation for freedom; against legislation for family. Why should this nation ban families from educating their children the way they want them to be educated? What are the problems with this? Is this not the epitome and the very essence of choice and freedom? If this nation rejects such a simple expression of freedom as being allowed to raise your children with the values you want them to have, what hope does it have for other freedoms? Forcing children into a state school system, which their parents may not be happy with at all, is an appalling concept. The Viktor Schmoller Collective claims that, since every family must have voted for the values espoused by public schools, they should be happy with them. This is a bizarre notion - democracy only represents the values of the majority. If all families are forced to send their children to schools with the same values and agendas, no matter what, many families will be left unsatisfied with their child's education. This is exactly why we believe parents need more freedom in deciding how their children are educated. In fact, they need the absolute right over their child's education - their role as parents is to guide their child's upbringing in every aspect, to ensure that their children are raised adequately according to their standards. To suggest that all students should be forced to adhere to a universal system of education is a worrying notion, and one that bares a frightful resemblance to communism in many ways. We do hope that, for the sake of freedom and family, the Viktor Schmoller Collective may rethink their decision. |
| Date | 14:22:25, April 06, 2008 CET | From | Groene ArbeidersPartij | To | Debating the The Home Schooling Act |
| Message | A frightful resemblance to communism? I don't see the link, and I am certainly not frightened. You see, we would very well agree that children should have the right to be home schooled, but not because of the fact their parents should have the right to doctrine their children in what parents think is right. This can be abused in too many ways! Imagine parents teaching their children that killing is good! This would lead to anarchy. I can agree to the idea of home schooling though, since their are some parents who travel a lot, and wish to take their children with them. They should have the right to have private teachers. Or imagine children who have a chronic, contageous disease? They should have the right to be home schooled. But we believe the Hutorian people ought to know and accept some matters, and they should not be misled since they have the right to know how other people, different from their parents, think. That's why we will vote against this bill. A solution could be that they were homeschooled, but obliged to take exams to see wether they have made connaisance with standard matter which everyone should know in order to make our country a smart and progressive state. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 60 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 241 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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