Homeschooling Freedom Act of 2019

Proposed by Unionist Avalon

Opened

11 Aug 2019

Voting closes

10 Oct 2019

Chambers

1 legislature

Articles

1 change

Rationale

This legislation modernises the nation's home education framework to ensure every child receives a safe, high-quality education while respecting the rights of parents to educate their children at home. The Act introduces clear standards for registration, welfare, educational progress, and support.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Homeschooling Regulation	Homeschooling allowed with curriculum standards, testing, and inspections		Unrestricted right to homeschool with no state oversight

1

Homeschooling Regulation

Previous law

Homeschooling allowed with curriculum standards, testing, and inspections

Unrestricted right to homeschool with no state oversight

Timeline

Draft

11 August 2019
Vote Open

11 August 2019
Vote Closed

10 October 2019
Did Not Become Law

10 October 2019

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Parliament

Failed

4Yes 71No 25Not voted 100 seats

For: 4 / 100 seats (4.0%)

Against: 71 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 25

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 5.3%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance Of Liberals And Democrats	10	No	The current system works properly with families able to home school but must adhere the same standards as mainstream schools.
Centrist Zone	22	No	Every child must be given equal opportunity to succeed. Homeschooling WITHOUT state supervision harms oversight of our children's development, weakens equality and fairness and can harm learning outcomes.
Democratic Group	14	No	We need nationwide education standards to prevent children's development being affected, and the workforce taking a hit in turn.
Independent Freeholder League	0	Yes	Education should be handled at the most local level possible, locals understand the nuances of their own communities more than bureaucrats hundreds of miles away.
Left Alliance	15	No	Ww support the currebt law and see no reason for change
The Gaia Syndicate	10	No	It is critical that all children are educated to the same standard to avoid creating gaps in education and qualifications. Allowing this will weaken our economy as less people will be qualified to work
Unionist Avalon Proposer	4	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Independent Freeholder League

Voted Sept. 5, 2019

Yes

“Education should be handled at the most local level possible, locals understand the nuances of their own communities more than bureaucrats hundreds of miles away.”

Democratic Group

Voted Aug. 25, 2019

“We need nationwide education standards to prevent children's development being affected, and the workforce taking a hit in turn.”

Centrist Zone

Voted Aug. 23, 2019

“Every child must be given equal opportunity to succeed. Homeschooling WITHOUT state supervision harms oversight of our children's development, weakens equality and fairness and can harm learning outcomes.”

Left Alliance

Voted Aug. 19, 2019

“Ww support the currebt law and see no reason for change”

Alliance Of Liberals And Democrats

Voted Aug. 19, 2019

“The current system works properly with families able to home school but must adhere the same standards as mainstream schools.”

The Gaia Syndicate

Voted Aug. 17, 2019

“It is critical that all children are educated to the same standard to avoid creating gaps in education and qualifications. Allowing this will weaken our economy as less people will be qualified to work”