A BONKERS Green Party education plan is considering making school optional until the age of seven – and give every child a free vegetarian lunch.
Kids will decide how pupils should be punished under the bizarre blueprint from the party’s official policy group, leaked to The Sun.
Homework “should not be required by default” even for children eager to learn.
Madcap proposals have been backed by Green Cabinet Member for Children and Schools in Haringey Georgia Twigg as well as other senior councillors.
The paper endorses abolishing testing for state-school admissions and ending compulsory daily worship, with the option of practising outside of class.
Zack Polanski’s party could also look at writing off outstanding tuition debt.
Outstanding student loan costs racked up to £295 billion by the end of March, according to House of Commons data.
Leaked proposals are being put forward as a voting paper for the Green Party’s autumn conference.
Schools will have to agree disciplinary policies with the student school council before adopting them.
It would allow pupils to explain their actions and favour “restorative justice” over stricter punishments.
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Pupils on the school council will also have the power to agree on the dress code and what the uniform looks like.
Parents could be allowed to keep their children out of school until seven, but kids will be encouraged to join reading and writing groups from as late as six-years-old.
Tests and grading would be scrapped in favour of far-fetched teaching assessments.
Taxpayers will cough up millions to provide children with a free-of-charge vegetarian lunch with dietary requirements catered for.
All rich families will have the option to use state-funded childcare throughout their kids’ childhood.
Extra cash will need to be found to reduce class sizes to fewer than 20 pupils which are recommended in the paper.
State-funded schools would also be brought back under public control, with successful academy schools banned from expanding.
A permanent ban will be placed on new Free Schools.
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A Green Party spokesperson said: “We’re proud to make policy in a democratic way, and all Green Party members can submit motions to our conference. These motions are subject to a prioritisation ballot. The vast majority will not be discussed.”