Former Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has announced plans for a K–12 curriculum for home-school students that will offer them “an education in liberty like no other.” The first phase set to launch in September, and all subjects will be taught, but the curriculum will put an emphasis on primary-source documents that focus on the “basics of Western Civilization and Western liberty — how it was won, how it is being lost, and how it will be restored” rather than textbooks.

According to the website, other important parts of the curriculum include public speaking, creating Web pages, and learning how to start a home business. The entire curriculum is expected to be complete by 2015; it will be free for grades K–5, and cost $250 per student per year after that.

The website also explains that it may not comply with state regulations for homeschooling, but curriculum director Gary North writes that the program views “all such regulations as an illegitimate infringement on the right of parents to educate their children.”

“Any compromise here, philosophically speaking, is a compromise with tyranny,” he adds.