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Bill: Equality in Education
Details
Submitted by[?]: CSA Pax et Socialism
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: May 2438
Description[?]:
| ACKNOWLEDGING that each student should have the same quality of education as the next. REALIZING that this education bill would improve the intelligence and future generation of the nation's future leaders. RESPONDING by creating equality and opportunity in education. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
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: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:55:12, August 01, 2007 CET | From |  Nazi Party | To | Debating the Equality in Education |
| Message | We can't have hard working families paying taxes for some poor kid wanting to study some pointless subject like Media or Business. They have their own problems to deal with. |
| Date | 00:06:01, August 02, 2007 CET | From | Free People's Party | To | Debating the Equality in Education |
| Message | "each student should have the same quality of education as the next" - they do, everyone goes to private schools and disadvantaged students get their fees paid for them. Just because education is private doesn't mean its not affordable, and it certainly would be more efficient and beneficial to all than a government run education system. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 87 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 361 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 107 |
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