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Bill: Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Söhne der Freiheit
Status[?]: passed
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 2100
Description[?]:
| THE SENATE of the KINGDOM of LIKATONIA WHEREAS the education system of Likatonia is in need of repair, and choice, RECOGNISING the proven superiority of private education, RECOGNISING the demand on a private market for competitive, affordable higher education, REALISING interference in education on the part of the government is inappropriate due to the government's need to be impartial REALISING the impropriety of sexuality in schools with minors, DISSOLVES all public universities, high schools, elementary schools, and nurseries, DISSOLVES government subsidies for higher education, INSTITUTES a voucher-system funded by what would be used on public education in order to facilitate the elementary education process of the impoverished, AND BANS the subject of sexuality from every nursery, elementary school, and high school. |
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 nationwide.
Proposed: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Article 2
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 does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Article 3
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 leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
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 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.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:44:39, August 19, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | Article 2 - no government regulation is needed since the free market will regulate quality by forcing lower quality institutions out of business Article 6 - If schools are private, the curriculm should be set entirely by the group running the school. Again, let the marketplace decide what is an appropiate course of study. |
| Date | 09:09:12, August 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | Our full support, but we prefer the recommendations made by RLP |
| Date | 09:36:07, August 20, 2005 CET | From | Söhne der Freiheit | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | The loans section has been stricken out, we are reluctant to change article 6. |
| Date | 10:00:40, August 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | Just to nitpick a little, could you explain what you mean by recognized religions? There mustn't be any bias towards any particular belief. |
| Date | 14:03:09, August 20, 2005 CET | From | Söhne der Freiheit | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | I've decided to remove the religious schools proposal, as I feel that the current stance of the government is sufficient. |
| Date | 17:06:12, August 22, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | We are now in full suport of this measure |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 187 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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