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Bill: Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gao-Showa Imperial Party
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: June 2446
Description[?]:
An act to reform the education system. We are willing to split the bill to allow certain articles to pass if a majority cannot support the bill in its entirety. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
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 private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
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, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 20:44:00, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Sectual Congress | To | Debating the Education Bill |
Message | Making all education private is crazy. Everything else here is bad, but that one takes the cake. |
Date | 22:13:38, August 21, 2007 CET | From | R.I.F.T. | To | Debating the Education Bill |
Message | I agree with the Sectual Congress. |
Date | 13:14:14, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Education Bill |
Message | due to the apparent lack of desire for any article split we'll move this to vote. |
Date | 23:49:56, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Education Bill |
Message | We are glad to see that the Imperial Diet want a strong, central government! |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 151 | |||||||
no |
Total Seats: 349 | |||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
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