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Bill: Education Reform act of 2534
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Radical 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: September 2534
Description[?]:
| The regulations governing the education sector also need to be re-adjusted: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 3
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 unregulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:25:37, February 19, 2008 CET | From |  People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Education Reform act of 2534 |
| Message | For the sake of curiosity, to what are those voting against this bill objecting? Depending on precisely what the objections are, we would be prepared to re-submit an edited version of this bill if it fails. |
| Date | 00:37:04, February 19, 2008 CET | From | Christian Communist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform act of 2534 |
| Message | We support 5 but reject all the others as capitalist. |
| Date | 01:30:56, February 19, 2008 CET | From | People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Education Reform act of 2534 |
| Message | *shouts from the GPRP delegation of "At least we got that one right!"* |
| Date | 10:18:48, February 19, 2008 CET | From | Hulstrian Liberalist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform act of 2534 |
| Message | Right, so apart from those opposing the capitalist pig-dogs, why is everyone else against this? |
| Date | 10:36:36, February 19, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Education Reform act of 2534 |
| Message | Not so strangely, I oppose the opposite of the CCP, articles 3 and 5. Three because even heavy regulation may not be enough. 5 because there is a certain point where corporal punishment simply is too far, and schools should not be able to control that point. |
| Date | 13:35:42, February 19, 2008 CET | From | People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Education Reform act of 2534 |
| Message | So the AUP's position is that an entirely state-owned nursery system is preferable to one with limited and regulated private investment? We had suspected that the loosening of restrictions on corporal punishment may have ended up putting some parties offside, so that much at least we'd be prepared to compromise on. |
| Date | 01:36:22, February 20, 2008 CET | From | Papas Party | To | Debating the Education Reform act of 2534 |
| Message | I think fully funded state run education is the best. For the country to produce educated people it needs to invest into its own future and not expect citizens to fork out the money to pay especially if they do not have it. Just in case you have brilliant people who fall through the cracks because of the system. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 171 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 234 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 95 |
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