Some families are happy with the legal vacuum around 'homeschooling'. They argue that nobody should rock the boat, as the situation may get worse than it is now . After all, families can currently keep their children out of school without even applying for dispensation, as long as no-one blows the whistle about their situation. Many also believe that only Christian methods should be legal, as now happens to be the case in distance education other than Correspondence School. They like the Government to force strict compliance with the letter of the law, expecting that this will make more families use such Christian methods.
Some families even go as far as setting up their own school.
The 34-pupil Ananda Marga River School near Maleny was recently approved by the Education Department as school and is now seeking State funding. It comprises of an old farmhouse on 8.5ha, where children sing, do yoga, etc, as well as the three Rs, supervised by parents, one of who is a registered teacher. So, people can act legally, even when their situation does not conform with a given Act. As some have said for many years, Queensland's Education Act is likely to be invalid, as it contravenes the rights of parents and children to freedom of choice and outlaws alternatives that are recognised by many experts as superior to school. These issues go well beyond legal acceptance of parents who refuse to send tlieir children to school.