The Terms of Reference for the Committee were:
I. Cognizant of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26, Section 3, that
Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given their children
a) the right to information, and
b) the right to family privacy.
a) to inquire into the influence of the public education system upon attitudes towards the family as an institution.
b) to inquire into the influence of the public education system upon attitudes towards parental authority:
ii) in the child’s school concerning the child’s participation in school activities and choices among school courses,
c) to inquire into the attitudes and practices of schools towards parents when they ask questions concerning their children’s’ courses of study, curriculum content, progress, behavior, etc.,
d) to make recommendations concerning the need, and the ways and means, of encouraging parents everywhere to become knowledgeable about their schools and what is being taught,
e) to make recommendations concerning mechanisms for obtaining parental input into curriculum decisions and choices of books and other authorized materials,
f) to undertake an initial study of identified curriculum materials where concerns have been expressed, or as the committee so decides,
g) to consider the multicultural dimension in BC in the study and recommendations,
h) to inquire of the Ministry of Education on any matter that is pertinent to the development and selection of curriculum,
i) to inquire concerning any other matter that the Council deems pertinent in the interests of families and education,
This study is to concentrate on programs of a mass education nature and excludes counseling situations between teachers and students.