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Bill: Education Act
Details
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: April 2418
Description[?]:
Education is the path out of poverty, and therefore to have true equality of opportunity (and for the good of the Trigunian Nation) it must be publicly funded |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Article 2
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 nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: 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.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:13:53, April 30, 2007 CET | From | Sotsial-Demokraticheskaya Partiya | To | Debating the Education Act |
Message | Hmm, this begins up the issue of parents that want to send their kids to private schools. |
Date | 10:31:12, May 01, 2007 CET | From | TSDRP | To | Debating the Education Act |
Message | Ahh, but if all schools were good and based on merit then they wouldnt need to. Private schools are an unfair advantage: it is not the childs fault that their parents earn less. Although we are generally pro-freemarket, we have come to believe that this is the best possible path to true equality of opportunity. |
Date | 00:20:15, May 03, 2007 CET | From | Sotsial-Demokraticheskaya Partiya | To | Debating the Education Act |
Message | True, so we support this bill |
Date | 23:09:25, June 23, 2007 CET | From | The People's Party of Trigunia | To | Debating the Education Act |
Message | School = High paying jobs NO School = A job at a smelly foundry The People's Party will support the Education Act |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 210 | |||
no | Total Seats: 263 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 83 |
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