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Bill: National Education Plan
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Urban 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: August 2459
Description[?]:
| Understanding the importance of education, while supporting the fact that education is a privilege and therefore important for our nation, as well as acknowledging the fact that spreading worldwide information is a vital key for the benefit of our nation, we, the LDS, propose this radical bill: "If you want to advance, you have to educate yourself" |
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 allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
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 higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Current: 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.
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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:01:14, September 21, 2007 CET | From | Radical Green Party | To | Debating the National Education Plan |
| Message | This is better than the current system, but we would of course like to see the pendulum swing farther... |
| Date | 18:07:35, September 21, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the National Education Plan |
| Message | I would like to see that, too, but unfortunately, this is the best we can do for now. We just have to hope for an election event that will change the sides; then it will be possible to make radical, important changes. |
| Date | 10:09:50, September 22, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the National Education Plan |
| Message | One more vote, perhaps from both RP and DP will save us. Or from MIC. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 163 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 216 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 126 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not implement nation renaming requests where the proposed name does not comply with the requirements set out in the Nation Renaming Guide: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6364 |
| Random quote: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." - Bill Clinton |