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Bill: Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cosa Nostra
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 2436
Description[?]:
| We can't stress the importance of education enough. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
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 does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
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 The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: Education is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:12:41, July 28, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | This has nothing to do with private institutions providing better and more efficient service. If you can't afford it, what's the use? Any education is better than none at all... |
| Date | 16:45:55, July 28, 2007 CET | From | Free People's Party | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | Isn't that why there's vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children as well as the option of home schooling? |
| Date | 03:36:52, July 30, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | What's the point of vouchers? So you can still refuse whenever you feel like it? Education is a basic right, no? And home schooling is no good: how can you keep up a good education standard? Are we going to go int people's homes to confirm they're doing a good job or tell how to do it? |
| Date | 07:58:05, July 31, 2007 CET | From | Morningstar Option | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | It would be a waste of resources to send 'monitors' to the home schooled. The schools are built, they might as well use them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 361 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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