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Bill: Education Privatization
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Party of Tukarali
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: January 2442
Description[?]:
| Getting the government out of education, allowing private schools to make their own decisions, and letting families make decisions as to whether they want their child to go to school or not. |
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 entirely voluntary.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 4
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 alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:23:09, August 08, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education Privatization |
| Message | ? |
| Date | 21:16:29, August 08, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education Privatization |
| Message | Definately against. Everyone should get at least some education |
| Date | 00:43:47, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Tukarali Communist Party | To | Debating the Education Privatization |
| Message | Strongly against. Education is a right that should be guaranteed to all citizens. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 39 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 437 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 19 |
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