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Bill: Freedom of Education Bill (2500)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Normand Pluralist Party
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: June 2501
Description[?]:
| We propose that the education system in Sekowo be further liberated. |
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, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:02:15, December 14, 2007 CET | From |  Pan-Sekowo Freedom Alliance | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Bill (2500) |
| Message | We like Article 2, if you put that in a bill all by itself, we'll vote for it. However we see no reason why education should be done by the local government. National standards should be upheld, and the best way to do that is by having one government organise higher education. |
| Date | 15:10:52, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Bill (2500) |
| Message | National standards are terribly destructive. Sekowan education suffers by allowing politicians to act like they can determine what is best for every individual school and student in the nation. This is the sort of socialism we are trying to avoid. OOC: As someone who has worked (and currently works) in education, I have seen the damage No Child Left Behind has done in the United States. National standards like those are terrible, terrible things which impose additional restrictions on teachers and ultimately prevent students from learning, and instead encourage them simply to learn how to take standardized tests. |
| Date | 23:01:01, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Bill (2500) |
| Message | We also would agree to 2 if seperate. |
| Date | 00:29:18, December 15, 2007 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Bill (2500) |
| Message | We would support article 2 on its own. |
| Date | 02:04:47, December 15, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Bill (2500) |
| Message | We disagree with all articles. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 438 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 312 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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