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Bill: Free Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National United Front
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2363
Description[?]:
| This bill proposes that from henceforth, all citizens of the Federated Republic of Jelbania be entitled to free pre-school, high school and tertiary education. Free education will be provided for by the Federal Government. We must ensure that our children of today are well educated and have access to all forms of education, in order for us as a nation to increase our level of human capital which will inadvertently lead to the success of our nation for generations to come. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:27:20, February 19, 2007 CET | From |  Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Free Education Bill |
| Message | Are you going to add articles to this bill? |
| Date | 04:01:26, February 20, 2007 CET | From | National United Front | To | Debating the Free Education Bill |
| Message | We propose that: 1) The State fully funds education up to tertiary level 2) The State puts in place a programme to develop standardized testing as means to ensure that accepted syllabus are being thought, examined and credited for all students. |
| Date | 15:23:23, February 21, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Free Education Bill |
| Message | CCU supports article 1, but we STRONGLY oppose having standardized testing be the primary means of testing a child's education. Therefore, we must vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 150 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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