The Education (Charter Schools Abolition) Amendment Bill

This bill by would abolish and close every charter school in New Zealand, forcing the pupils and parents who have chosen to enrol there, back into state schools.

Even worse, the bill retrospectively abolishes them from the 1st of January 2016.

I'm glad this has got drawn from the ballot as it will remind people how Labour puts ideology and ahead of . They want to close down schools like Vanguard, despite the they have 95% of students achieving Level 1 – 22% higher than the NZ average. And their students come from some of the most disadvantaged and low decile areas.

It will be interesting to see if every Labour MP  votes for this bill, as some of their Maori such as Peeni Henare and Kelvin Davis have praised the work being done by certain charter schools.

 

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