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Bill: Voucher School System
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Centrist 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: October 2038
Description[?]:
| It is hereby proposed that the school system be privatized. To ensure that this privatization doesn't create a new class of the uneducated poor, vouchers worth a certain amount will be issued to families. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
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 | not recorded | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Voucher School System |
| Message | Yes!! I support this bill whole heartedly |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Voucher School System |
| Message | What's wrong with the current system? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Voucher School System |
| Message | I disagree. Education should be free and not compromised by the private sector, and there are so many ways that system can get corrupted, especially using vouchers! imagine the black market. besides, the government would have to spend so much on means testing thoroughly that it would hardly be worth what they would save. |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Voucher School System |
| Message | I tend to operate under the assumption that governments are wasteful and corrupt. Therefore, the only way to really make things work is to give the power back to the people. As for the voucher black market, the intent behind the voucher is to have them worth an exact amount. You couldn't sell them off, because they'd only be worth a certain monetary amount anyways. |
| Date | not recorded | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Voucher School System |
| Message | The government would not need to means test the school, the voucher would just cover a certain amount, usually a percentage of the bill and students would decide whether they would take it up or not . |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 26 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 29 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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