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Bill: Education and Culture Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Royalist 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: March 2519
Description[?]:
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: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Current: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
Proposed: Only government approved movies are allowed to be viewed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: 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.
Current: Education is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:10:40, January 18, 2008 CET | From | National Royalist Party | To | Debating the Education and Culture Act |
| Message | Any particular reason for voting against? |
| Date | 23:58:16, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Union | To | Debating the Education and Culture Act |
| Message | We only agree with one article, no. 3. |
| Date | 00:22:32, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Groene ArbeidersPartij | To | Debating the Education and Culture Act |
| Message | We're against the whole. |
| Date | 00:23:52, January 19, 2008 CET | From | National Royalist Party | To | Debating the Education and Culture Act |
| Message | Surely you can see some good in it? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 50 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 251 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." - Martin Luther King Jr. |