{"id":4910,"date":"2006-10-30T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2006-10-30T10:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/maybe-not-2.html"},"modified":"2006-10-30T10:27:54","modified_gmt":"2006-10-30T10:27:54","slug":"maybe-not-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/maybe-not-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Maybe not.."},"content":{"rendered":"

The very controversial faith schools plan recently floated in England has been abandoned:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Education Secretary Alan Johnson has abandoned plans to force faith schools to accept more pupils from non-religious backgrounds after fierce protests from Catholics. <\/p>\n

Mr Johnson announced last week that he wanted to give local councils the power to require new faith schools to accept up to a quarter of pupils from other faiths or none by introducing laws to force faith schools to act with an amendment to the Education and Inspection Bill. <\/p>\n

The amendment would have enabled councils to require new faith schools to select up to 25% of their intake from pupils of other faith backgrounds or those with no religious beliefs. <\/p>\n

But now he said a voluntary deal had now been reached with both the Catholic Church and the Church of England, meaning that his proposed new laws were no longer necessary. <\/p>\n

Mr Johnson said: "I have listened carefully to colleagues on this issue and recognise that we all share the same goal for a more cohesive society where faith schools play an important part in building understanding and tolerance of other faiths and communities." <\/p>\n

He said the legislation would not be appropriate, though school inspectors would get new powers to make sure faith schools promoted community cohesion. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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