SENATE BILL: Homeschooling Act of 2014 (On the President's Desk)

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I, like Matt and Duke and TNF really dislike homeschooling. Having said that I also think that the bill as written would be far worse than the status quo, because it's just too absolutist and doesn't allow exceptions for people with special needs who are better served by homeschooling.


Nay, with the expectation that the bill will be amended.

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Nay

If anything I'd say the amendment should be the other way round. Students over the age of 14 should have some degree of choice in their education, and if they want to study at home then that's OK.

I don't like home schooling at all, would never want it for myself or my (potential ) children and think as a general rule it's bad for education except in very limited circumstances (for example disabilities or geniuses). Nevertheless while I'm in no way a Libertarian even I think it's a bit far for the government to decide most aspects of child rearing, so I won't support a total ban on home schooling, though it should be discouraged.

The one thing that does concern me is I don't think we should give parents carte blanche to teach their children blatant falsehoods like the white race is the superior one, or the earth is 6000 years old, so I'd be curious to see current atlasian law on that.

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Aye