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Bill: Choice in Education
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party
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: December 2367
Description[?]:
A bill to increase the choice parents have in where they can send their children. The Government of Hobrazia recognizes that we shouldn't limit the choices we have by crowding out the private sector. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Current: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 08:39:09, February 28, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education |
Message | No, no, and no. How does privatising education entirely increase choice?? All it does is limit the schooling availbale to certain areas of society whilst guaranteeing that a small proportion of the population gets high quality education. And before the Liberal Party uses the argument that "the Government supplies vouchers to the poor so they can still attend school" we would point out that it disadvantage the majority of the population as it harms the middle-classes increasingly as they would be above the minimum income for the vouchers whilse not having a high income so schooling would have a massively detrimental effect on their education. We would also not support any bill that forces the government to pay for private services as this only guarantees that private companies are capable of lining their pockets at the cost of the tax payer rather than using the money from tax payers directly on high quality education. We would also argue that well funded State education is in every way as good if not better than private education but that should people wish to send their children to school privately than they are capable of doing so under current laws. This bill does nothing to increase choice to parents, only forces them to use market forces when attempting to gain an education for their children. The children, as the future of this Country, should not be forced into such a limiting situation where their education is reliant on the incomes of their parents. |
Date | 13:26:36, February 28, 2007 CET | From | First Party Of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Choice in Education |
Message | We must disagree |
Date | 16:32:36, February 28, 2007 CET | From | Capitalizt Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education |
Message | We support social darwinism. Aye. |
Date | 21:48:01, March 01, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Choice in Education |
Message | "A bill to increase the choice parents have in where they can send their children." Doesn't it do the opposite? |
Date | 03:06:00, March 02, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education |
Message | No, because with the current system we have they have little choice but to send them to a state-institution since private providers have difficulty competing because of the crowded-out education market. |
Date | 09:00:21, March 02, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education |
Message | So, what you're saying is that the State institutions do such a good job that the private facilities are unable to compete so the only way to make the pblic use them is to force them to. Interesting... |
Date | 00:13:41, March 03, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education |
Message | What I am saying is that the market is being crowded out, we have a virtual state monopoly on education. We don't have an education system that will allow the private sector to flourish because of the laws we have, not because the private sector can't compete, because they do not have that [i]ability[/i] with our current laws. We propose a system where the private sector is allowed to do so. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 112 | |||
no | Total Seats: 149 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 136 |
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