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Bill: Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Social Democratic 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: July 2367
Description[?]:
| Our great country is falling behind in many fields, including technology, economy and others. We are also seeing a growth in the unfair income devide. We in the FSDP, believe this is directly due to our nations current unfair education system. We there for proudly propose: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:06:31, March 01, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | negative 4 on the freedom scale. |
| Date | 11:31:03, March 01, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | 1) Compulsion is evil It violates the inalienbable right of the individual to ownership over their own life. 2)Public education is funded by force. 3) Local government is an unnecessary layer that ought to be eliminated. 4)Free? Tell that to those who are jailed for not paying their taxes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 290 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 310 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it's just a drunk. If a Negro does, it's the whole damn Negro race." - Bill Cosby |