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Bill: Education (Age of Mandatory Attendance) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: January 2524
Description[?]:
| An act to amend the age at which students may legally leave school. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 18
Current: 18
Proposed: 16
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:02:11, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (Age of Mandatory Attendance) Amendment Act |
| Message | For some students, school is just not the right place for them. These students have no intention of attending university and working in an academic environment. These students are ones who would be better off gaining work experience. Perhaps in a few years working, they will gain respect for education, and will go to a polytech to gain new skills. Alternatively, they may find working practically is what they want to do, and that schools cannot help them. In either case, they will be better off. Students who do well at school and have intentions of going on to become doctors, lawyers, scientists - they will not leave school just because the age has gone down. They will continue, because it is what they want to do. |
| Date | 05:02:45, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Education (Age of Mandatory Attendance) Amendment Act |
| Message | For all that is holy, no. |
| Date | 11:42:01, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education (Age of Mandatory Attendance) Amendment Act |
| Message | We believe 18 is fine. Where I live, students who are school-tired are able to work a couple of days a week, and follow courses the other days. This way they learn things on the job, how the real world works. It's somewhat like internship, but not quite alike. This part-time education still alows them to get at least a degree. |
| Date | 12:56:35, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (Age of Mandatory Attendance) Amendment Act |
| Message | OOC: Where I am, few people are still at school at 18 anyway. I left school at 16 for university. I think not that long ago, the age to leave was actually 15. |
| Date | 15:11:44, January 27, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Education (Age of Mandatory Attendance) Amendment Act |
| Message | oppose there already is an exclusion contained in the phrase "if educ were required to be compulsory" for farming families, religion custom, etc if local gov passes an exclusion that would also count |
| Date | 15:22:10, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education (Age of Mandatory Attendance) Amendment Act |
| Message | Argh. That part of the sentence refers to the following law, which says nothing about exceptions for farming families or religious customs: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted. The only thing to be decided here is untill what age students are to be educated. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 118 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 382 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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