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Bill: Corporal Punishment in Schools Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sanctaphrax 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: February 2101
Description[?]:
| We believe that children must learn discipline, for without rules to guide, where are their limits? Corporal punishment, such as caning or beating, are of course abhorrent and should not be allowed in any civilised society, but detention is a perfectly acceptable method of punishment. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:34:00, August 23, 2005 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Corporal Punishment in Schools Bill |
| Message | We favour keeping the current law as it is. Different methods work differently in different schools and in different communities. |
| Date | 00:03:08, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Sanctaphrax Party | To | Debating the Corporal Punishment in Schools Bill |
| Message | In no school should beating be allowed, in no school or community. It encourages nothing good, but instead teaches pupils that beating people is the best way. |
| Date | 14:36:25, August 25, 2005 CET | From | Sanctaphrax Party | To | Debating the Corporal Punishment in Schools Bill |
| Message | We are disappointed that the parties voted in favour of beating children, teaching them that violence is the answer to problems, and that if someone says something you don't like, you smack them one. This is indeed a sad day for Aldegar. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 63 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 188 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 70 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln |