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Pope Leo XIV on AI: “Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed. The word [disarmed] is strong I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences, and indicating paths forward for humanity.”

𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 ACT says the decision to remove amendments related to homeschooling in the Education and Training Amendment Bill is a major victory for the thousands of home-schooling parents who spoke out against bureaucratic overreach. Following strong feedback from the home-schooling community, ACT Education spokesperson Laura McClure wrote to Education Minister Erica Stanford yesterday warning that Clauses 5F and 51A of the amendment paper risked treating good parents with suspicion and imposing unreasonable compliance burdens. Today, the Minister agreed to recommit the Bill. "Draconian new restrictions on homeschooling were a mistake, rushed into law at the last minute," says ACT Leader David Seymour. "We have fixed it, and Parliament will take those clauses out of the law today. This is a victory for democracy, showing that people can be heard by politicians and change can result. It is also a victory for educational freedom, the simple idea that you own your life and can choose your pathway, rather than being a character and a play written by others." “I’ve spent the last week listening to the deep concerns of the home-schooling community, and I took those concerns directly to the Beehive. Today, common sense has prevailed,” says Ms McClure. “Wellington bureaucrats tried to use a handful of isolated cases to justify sweeping new powers over thousands of loving, committed parents. “New section 640A was a free rein for a future government to regulate home-schooling out of existence and force children back into the state system, with very few safeguards in primary legislation. It also raised serious concerns by expanding the Ministry’s powers to demand information from parents. “In my letter to the Minister, I made it clear that we cannot write laws that treat everyday families with suspicion in an attempt to catch a small number of bad actors. Parents who make enormous sacrifices to educate their children deserve respect, not open-ended powers for future regulation. “I want to thank the Minister for listening to ACT and to the home-schooling community, and for making the right call to pull this legislation back for further work. “ACT believes in education freedom and trusting parents. We will be watching the redrafting of this Bill closely to ensure there are strong safeguards protecting the rights of home-schooling families.”