People who educate their own children will give evidence to a Tynwald committee on June 14.

The social affairs policy review committe is looking into the draft Education Bill, which was issued for consultation by the Department of Education, Sport and Culture in January 2019.

The committee has invited anyone with views on the draft Bill to write to it and has published a number of submissions on its webpage.

David Cretney MLC, Martin Perkins MHK and Julie Edge MHK are the members of the committee.

They will hear from:

1.30pm - Darren Northcott and Geraldine O’Neill, of the NASUWT union, and David Trace, of the Association of School and College Leaders.

2.30pm - Manx Home Education Association Representatives: Damon Warr, Dianne Warr, Derek Sewell and Dawn Sewell.

3.15pm - Home educator Tristram Llewellyn Jones.

The evidence will be taken in public. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The evidence can also be heard via the audio webcast service on the Tynwald website.

After an earlier consultation, which attracted nearly 600 responses, the Department of Education, Sport and Culture announced in April that it will postpone the date it expected to take forward the Education Bill.

The Education Bill will now be put to Tynwald later this year.

Graham Cregeen MHK, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture, said the Bill would now be heard after Tynwald’s summer holiday.

’This will enable us the time to collate all the feedback and make the necessary amends to the draft Bill,’ he said in April.

Home schooling was one of the issues that caused controversy.

So far, the Bill has cost £15,800 to draft.

It is designed to update the current 2001 Education Act and concentrates on regulation and the curriculum.

It includes new rules to combat bullying on social media and aims to boost inclusivity in education and ban selection on the grounds of ability.