Deputy denies persecution of homeschooling in anti-evasion project

The rapporteur of Bill (PL) 2,297/21, deputy Rosângela Moro (União-SP), denied that the objective of the proposal is to persecute families who practice the homeschooling.

Approved by the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies, last Tuesday (26), the PL “establishes the National Policy for the Active Search of children and young people of suitable age for compulsory basic education” .

According to the text, the objective would be to ensure universal access for the public between 4 and 17 years old to basic education.

“The project does not seek to police, censor, it seeks to register to reverse an evasion that was worsened by the pandemic. We did not identify any confrontation with the homeschooling”, stated Rosângela Moro when responding to criticism from other parliamentarians.

The project received a favorable opinion from the rapporteur and was processed conclusively at the CCJ, which means that the proposal could go directly to a vote in the Senate without going through the Chamber plenary. This process may be interrupted if there is an appeal requesting a vote in the lower house.

Contrary to what the rapporteur claims, right-wing parliamentarians have warned that the project could, in fact, represent a potential risk to families who practice home education.

“We know that this government is against the individual policy of families teaching their children, so passing a law that could bring persecution to families who do so homeschooling it is very dangerous”, highlighted deputy Captain Alberto Neto (PL-AM).

Historically, the homeschooling It has been opposed by unions, NGOs and far-left parliamentarians.

In May last year, ten years after the initial proposal, the Chamber of Deputies approved the homeschooling bill (PL 3,179/12) in a vote considered historic.

Despite the victory, part of the 17 thousand families that make up the so-called “homeschooler” community did not celebrate the result, as the final text underwent several changes before approval.

Since then, the project has been sent to the Senate, where it is stuck in the Education, Culture and Sports Commission (CE) awaiting the opinion of the rapporteur, senator Professor Dorinha Seabra, who is also from União Brasil, the same party as Rosângela Moro.