Educational Freedom of Choice

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Pass For Pay

Parents should be paid State and other public funds for the education of their children (which they may distribute as they wish), regardless of the delivery method, including public, private, online, home school, and/or some combination of methods. The only conditions prior to full payment to parents for completed semester of education should be:

(1) the student pass a computer-based semester exam at an approved testing center for each required course,

(2) the testing centers should be open at flexible times for students throughout the year with students being able to take any specific test any time the testing center is open, and

(3) semester course tests will be administered for the next semester only after all required courses' tests for the preceding semester are passed by the student.

Please let me know your thoughts.

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Political Asylum for Home Schoolers 1 Reply

Amin mentioned in January that a U.S. judge has granted political asylum to homeschoolers from Germany. I thought it made sense. Now a recent article says the U.S. government is trying to overturn th…

Started by Robert Canright. Last reply by Hazrat Amin Mar 3.

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Comment by Hazrat Amin on January 27, 2010 at 9:23pm: I think this is a great concept. As a parent, it gives me the opportunity to manage education for my kids in a way, I prefer. I would like to add the option of using those funds for religious schools as well who meet certain basic Math, Science, Language and Social Studies criteria.

Comment by Hazrat Amin on January 28, 2010 at 12:46am: German Home Schoolers Granted Political Asylum in the U.S.
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Comment by David Lee Hall on January 28, 2010 at 8:19am: The option presented would allow parents to pay any number of different education providers as they see fit.

Comment by David Lee Hall on January 28, 2010 at 8:24am: Some information about the Swedish education system is at:

http://texas-ideas-progress.blogspot.com/2010/01/education-choice-example.html

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