Al Rawaf and Simmons 1991; Ministry of Education, 2008; Oliver, 1987

http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=76690&p_country=NIC&p_count=351&p_classification=09&p_classcount=11

Education Act of 2009 (TƏHSİL HAQQINDA)

Section 17, the Education Act of 1961; Constitution-- (1) All persons shall have the right to equal educational opportunities and facilities. With a view to achieving the full realization of that right,
(a) basic education shall be free, compulsory and available to all.

(1) Parliament shall enact such laws as are necessary to ensure that:
(c) parents undertake their natural right and obligation of care, maintenance and upbringing of their children in co-operation with such institutions as Parliament may, by law, prescribe in such manner that in all cases the interest of the children are paramount;

(4) no child shall be deprived by any other person of medical treatment, education or any other social or economic benefit by reason only of religious or other beliefs.

Acuerdo Ministerial 0067-13; “choose, in compliance with the best interests of the child, the type of educational institution they deem appropriate for their children, according to their beliefs, principles and their culture and language” (Art 12).

Article 38 of the Cuban Constitution 2002 - “The law . . . [establishes] the integration and structure of the national system of education and the extent of compulsory education and defines the minimum level of general education that every citizen should acquire. In order to make this principle a reality, general education and specialized scientific, technical or artistic education are combined with work, development research, physical education, sports, participation in political and social activities and military training.”

https://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/2006/Ur/u2006081.pdf

Ministerial Regulation No. 3

Article 76 of the Constitution; Articles 29 and 32 of the General Law of Education; Articles 14 and 129; Article 130

Article 68 of the Uruguayan Constitution: parental right to choose

Constitution in chapter 5 of Title III on Individual and Social Rights and Duties to Education. Article 91 + 94

https://arsimi.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ligji_Parauniversitar.pdf

Order 10.07.2019 m Kyiv N 955

Koduōppe ja haiglaōppe tingimused ja kord

Article 11 of the General Education Law (Decree No. 917); Article 63 states, ""Every person with self-training has the right to request from the Ministry of Education proof of sufficiency that proves the incorporation to the different levels of the educational system."

http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/106832/131356/F-1702001629/act_national_education.pdf

https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Honduras_2013.pdf?lang=en - “Parents have a preferential right to choose the type of education they wish to give their children.” Article 156 of the Honduran Constitution says that “The levels of formal education shall be determined by the corresponding laws, except for higher education which is the exclusive competence of the National Autonomous University of Honduras.”

United Arab Emirates

Ley Orgánico de Educación (N° 5.929, August 15, 2009)

Law N° 28044, Ley General de Educación (July 29, 2003). Article 5 states, “Parents or their substitutes have a duty to educate their children and the right to participate in the educational process and to choose the institutions in which they are educated, according to their convictions and beliefs.”

Basic Education Act 628/1998, Sec 20

Article 29, 33: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Romania_2003?lang=en; https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Romania_2003?lang=en

§76 of Chapter VIII of 1849. According to the Danish Ministry of Education, “Provided a certain minimum standard [of education] is obtained, it is a matter of choice for the parents whether the education is received 1) in the publicly provided municipal primary and lower secondary school, 2) in a private school, or 3) at home.”

Sec 14: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2000/act/22/section/14/enacted/en/html#sec14

Dominican Republic

Constitution (2010) which states, “The family is responsible for the education of its members and has the right to choose the type of education of their minor children” (Art. 63.2) and the General Education Law 66/97

Education Act, and in this context some sections are of particular importance, such as § 1–1, which addresses the objectives for education and training, § 1–3 on adapted education, and § 2–1, which states that education can be “otherwise.”

Section 24 (1) of the Education Act - “It shall be the duty of the parents of every child of compulsory school age to cause him to receive full-time education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude, by regular attendance at school or otherwise”.

Article 81 of the Political Constitution of the Pluractional State of Bolivia; Chapter VI to Education, Interculturality and Cultural Rights. Art. 77 provides that "the education system includes regular education, alternative, and special education, and higher education professional training." Art. 78 recognizes education as "unitary, public, universal, democratic, participatory, community, decolonizing, and quality." It also establishes that "education is intracultural, intercultural and plurilingual." Art. 81, as already stated, establishes the "compulsory nature of education up to the high school."

Art. 14 of the National Constitution; National Education Law (No. 26.206); Civil Code of Argentina determines in Article 646, C that the duties of the parents include "respect[ing] the right of children and adolescents to be heard and to participate in their educational process, as well as in everything related to their personal rights".

Act 2116 of December 22, 2005

https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/The%20Right%20of%20Children%20to%20Free%20and%20Compulsory%20Education%20Act,%202009.pdf

National Objective XVIII in the Uganda Constitution (1995); Art. 31(4) states, “It is the right and duty of parents to care for and bring up their children,” and Art. 34(2) says “A child is entitled to basic education which shall be the responsibility of the State and the parents of the child.”

School Education Law: Under the School Education Law, “schools” are defined as those prescribed in Article 1. “Home schools” are not included in that definition.

Constitution and since the Ley General de Educación (1970)

Education Act No. 245/2008 Coll. (§ 23 - § 25 and § 28b)

The Education Act of 1980 states in Part III, § 21 (1) -- “it shall be the duty of the parent of every child of compulsory school age residing in a compulsory education area to cause him to receive full-time education suitable to his age and ability, and satisfactory to the Educational Board for the area, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise.”

Basic Education Act 3 of 2020

The Law for Non-School Mode of Experimental Education for Senior Secondary Education and Below (2014.11.19(

https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=12939&lawId=3973&language=en;

Constitution: article 35, point (9) / http://lex.justice.md/md/355156/

Article 37 (Parts 1-8) of the Polish Educational Law Act

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/44/contents

Trinidad and Tobago

Constitution: “right of a parent or guardian to provide a school of his own choice for the education of his child or ward” (Art. 4.f).

Education (Amendment) Act 2002

Article 41 of the LGE, states that “A Supreme Decree issued by the Ministry of Education will regulate the way of validating knowledge developed outside the formal system, either from personal experience or the workplace, leading to levels or degrees, and how studies equivalent to primary or secondary education completed abroad will be validated.”

Constitution, Article 31

Legislative Decree of April 16, 1994 regarding public education (DL 16/4/94 no. 297), Articles 111, 147, and 148, as well as the updated Legislative Decree of February 19, 2004 on primary education (DL 19/2/04 no. 59

https://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Philippines/PHILIPPINE%20CONSTITUTION.pdf; “Establish and maintain, a system of free public education in the elementary and high school levels. Without limiting the natural right of parents to rear their children…”; the Constitution also provides under Section 4 (1) that “the State recognizes the complementary roles of public and private institutions in the education system and shall exercise reasonable supervision and regulation of all education institutions.”; Department of Education (DepEd) Memo no. 216 s. 1997 entitled “Home Education Program”

https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/decision/2021/2021823DC.htm

South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996 (S51)

Article 44, paragraph 1 of the Federal Law of 29 Dec. 2012 N 273-FZ “On Education in the Russian Federation”

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05108/

aaLaw Link/Text

https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/63070/profile-belarus-3.5.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://island.is/reglugerdir/nr/0531-2009

https://education.gov.ag/pages/home-schooling - “home schooling, private schooling, or public schooling for their children” (§ 21)

Aricle 3. § 1, part b, and § 3 of the Compulsory Education Act (Leerplicht Verordening).

Article 42 of the Education Act Cap. 41 (1997) - “A child of compulsory school age may be exempted from compulsory attendance at school…if the child is receiving instruction at home in a manner and to a standard satisfactory to the Minister.”

Article 24 of the Belgian Constitution offers parents “free choice”

homeschool protocols and a series of applications forms in August 2020