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Bill: A Younger Future
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party of Saridan
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: March 2443
Description[?]:
| Upon review of our nation's education system, which has undergone many important changes lately, I have found something that may be hurting our economy. That, is the age of which citizens MUST remain in school. 21 is too long for one person to remain in school. If we lowered it to 18, we would have citizens who wished to stay in school longer to finish their degrees, but we would also have those who can join our armed services or join their own family businesses! Some may think that this is crippling our education system but it is just the opposite. We would be greatly improving our economy with the added amount of eligable workers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 21
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:40:07, August 16, 2007 CET | From |  Elba and St. Helena Democratic Party | To | Debating the A Younger Future |
| Message | How can this have a significant effect for the positive? The only increase in labour is each person working a few more years at the begining of their career, a minor aspect of their overall working life. If there is a shortage of labour, would that not be best by having a streamlined immigation policy. By cutting the education age you damage the education level of the work force, hence creating one less able to apply academic rigour to work-based situations. This will lower overall work force efficency. How do you argue that this is a boon to education? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 200 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 25 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
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