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Bill: Educational Reform Act
Details
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: October 2461
Description[?]:
| We want to ban private schools - charter schools excepted - because we feel that your parents income shouldn't decide where you are educated. We also want the goverment to pay for all higher education - more educated citizen's, more benefit for our nation. The reason we want to ban home-schooling is that we believe it to be better for children to go to school with other children rather than be home with your parents, which can be a serious blow to your social skills. |
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 compulsory and has to happen at school.
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 allow private higher education institutions.
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 fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:53:21, September 25, 2007 CET | From |  Ikradonian Interest | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | Only homeschooling is debatable and ii leans in favor of the current legislation. |
| Date | 17:00:42, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | We only support article 1 and 4. |
| Date | 17:33:14, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Red Dawn | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | We are willing to consider removing suggestions if you provide good arguments as to why - and especially how keeping the current legislation isn't increasing the gaps between rich and poor, education-wise. |
| Date | 18:48:45, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | SP/E/CT/RUM strongly opposes Article 1 as it would reatly decrease the diversity of educational options available. The other articles are a mixed bag, but we cannot support as long as Article 1 is included. |
| Date | 18:49:43, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | Pn second glance the only article we could really se ourseles supporting is four. The rest have the effect described. |
| Date | 18:56:57, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Red Dawn | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | That would be valid, if it was the choice of the concerned student and not their parents. Homeschooling might have some benefits - we can't see them - but it can also be very dangerous and hurtful to children. |
| Date | 05:12:16, September 26, 2007 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | Ikradon's current homeschooling law requires the consent of all children over twelve. ((It was part of the bill reestablishing homeschooling)). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 85 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 214 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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