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Bill: Choice in Education Act.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: May 2370
Description[?]:
| A bill to increase the choice parents have in how they are educated, and lessen the state monopoly on education. With these measures we will be able to accomplish further fiscal restraint. We propose that the public school system will remain in tact, but vouchers will be available for everyone that can go towards any school. |
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: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:04:06, March 06, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education Act. |
| Message | And where are the guarantees that the private system follows the N/C? And why should the government, who already supply high quality education, increase theirs costs in supplying private schools with money. We thought you argued that private schools would compete on price and quality? Surely the government paying whatever the school charges removes the price competition element somewhat. |
| Date | 17:29:32, March 06, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education Act. |
| Message | We never suggested that the gov't pay whatever the cost a school charges. More ideally the gov't would pay a portion that would be equal to what it costs at a public institution to help offset costs. |
| Date | 18:42:24, March 06, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education Act. |
| Message | "but vouchers will be available for everyone that can go towards any school." - So where, please I pray tell me, would these vouchers come from if not from the government purse? |
| Date | 01:31:38, March 07, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Choice in Education Act. |
| Message | It would come from the gov't purse. Think of it this way: generally it costs roughly the same for everyone to be educated in a public school, what we propose is to give people the choice to take that "cost" and shift it towards something of their own choosing. Since this will open up further competition in the educational market it will reduce overall costs, and we will be able to cut funding without any fear of losing valuable education. It's win win. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 243 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 119 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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