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Bill: Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Party Of My House
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 2484
Description[?]:
| In order to improve, rationalize and approach the education system to citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
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 leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 4
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 only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:23:07, November 09, 2007 CET | From | Technocratic Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | How will this improve anything at all? Local governments should not control such important things. |
| Date | 23:31:17, November 09, 2007 CET | From | Free Party Of My House | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | Universities will remain under state control, but vocational schools and colleges will be better managed under local goverment, which are more close to the necessities of people and labour market. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 499 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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