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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: April 2455
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
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 does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 3
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 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 issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:08:48, September 12, 2007 CET | From | Bull Moose Party | To | Debating the Education Privatization |
| Message | We could consider #4, but 1, 2, and 3 are unaccepatable. We need to maintain acceptable education of our children so they can become efficient, functioning members of our great nation. |
| Date | 23:40:40, September 12, 2007 CET | From | Tuatha Dé Danann | To | Debating the Education Privatization |
| Message | Again the same problem as in another bill we just recently saw. A back-to-the-stone-age proposal. Oppose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 97 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 335 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 67 |
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