Daltron
07-07-2013, 02:52 AM
I came across an article today which talked about changing the law in Australia regarding educational student dismissal. Although most members here are from the UK I am sure there are similar concepts with your law and private education system.
Currently under our anti-discrimination laws it's unlawful for a school to expel someone on the basis of their sexuality but private schools are exempt from this law and are one of the few exceptions, the other being religious based school with semi private funding.
There seems to be a lot of talk here because private schools still receive some level of government funding which comes from taxpayers.
Do you think that private schools should have the right to mould and develop strict views about things like this since it is all heavily funded by parents and it's what they are comfortable with? And if someone goes against these almost paid for morals should the school have the right to dismiss a student? Because our law says it's okay for students in private institutions to be dismissed but morally I would think every 9 in 10 people would be shocked it's allowable.
I'm personally torn, if parents want to pay for their children to be educated in a certain way then go for their lives, but I am totally against any sort of tax payer funding being injected into it. I can also see how hard this would be for a teenager who's gay in the private system being pushed out. Then again I went through the public system my entire high school time so maybe don't have a great view of it all. What are your thoughts to the issue/ bolded questions?
Inspiration: https://www.facebook.com/KeepCalmAbbottisnotPM/posts/677944322231606
Currently under our anti-discrimination laws it's unlawful for a school to expel someone on the basis of their sexuality but private schools are exempt from this law and are one of the few exceptions, the other being religious based school with semi private funding.
There seems to be a lot of talk here because private schools still receive some level of government funding which comes from taxpayers.
Do you think that private schools should have the right to mould and develop strict views about things like this since it is all heavily funded by parents and it's what they are comfortable with? And if someone goes against these almost paid for morals should the school have the right to dismiss a student? Because our law says it's okay for students in private institutions to be dismissed but morally I would think every 9 in 10 people would be shocked it's allowable.
I'm personally torn, if parents want to pay for their children to be educated in a certain way then go for their lives, but I am totally against any sort of tax payer funding being injected into it. I can also see how hard this would be for a teenager who's gay in the private system being pushed out. Then again I went through the public system my entire high school time so maybe don't have a great view of it all. What are your thoughts to the issue/ bolded questions?
Inspiration: https://www.facebook.com/KeepCalmAbbottisnotPM/posts/677944322231606