Education

We believe that parents should exercise the ultimate responsibility and authority in the education of their children, and that the state should respect these parental rights.

We affirm the value of a public education in fostering an enlightened society. We also affirm the importance of educational pluralism and the accessibility of educational choices. We, therefore, support the right of private schools, including home schools, to exist free of undue state interference. We believe private schools should be subject only to those state requirements necessary to protect the health and safety of students, and to ensure reasonable academic achievement.

We believe education should prepare the student to become a reasonable citizen. Consequently, we support the teaching of traditional moral values and ideas in the public schools. We believe such teaching is central to the preservation and strengthening of the family and our nation. We believe that educational institutions, at every level, should teach the importance of personal ethics as well as the critical, historic role of religion in shaping the American republic. We support the selection of public school textbooks that do not undermine Biblical morality and teaching. We affirm the need for discipline in schools, which fosters respect for others, and especially for those in authority.

We believe emphasis in all schools should be placed upon quality education and the attainment of a high standard of academic excellence.