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Bill: Education Act (2508)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Workers 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 2509
Description[?]:
| An Act to restore the national education policy after the damage done by the communist parties. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 2
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: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:26:35, December 29, 2007 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Education Act (2508) |
| Message | While I can agree with Article 1 and 2, I can't agree with Article 3. |
| Date | 21:37:30, December 29, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Education Act (2508) |
| Message | Agreed. |
| Date | 23:31:11, December 30, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Marxist revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Education Act (2508) |
| Message | In contrast we could support article three but not article two; article one it is possible that we could be persuaded on this issue. |
| Date | 23:44:44, December 30, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Education Act (2508) |
| Message | Why must the children have sex at school? Couldn't they learn how to do that in a more private location? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 294 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 421 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "Poetry is about the grief; politics is about the grievance." - Robert Frost |