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Bill: Privatization of Schools
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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: July 2041
Description[?]:
| Due to the election debate time on this bill was cut short. Therefore we are resubmitting it to continue the debate. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | Actually it was voted down. Bills that run out of time due to elections just return to the debate stage. check out the original in the Bills Defeated section. |
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From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | Yes it was put forth for a vote before much debate so it would not be recycled. Some parties felt that their was not sufficent debate on the issue so I resubmitted it. |
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From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | I don't believe it's a reach to say this bill will not be passed this term, or any other. The people of Malivia will not stand for such a bounding leap backwards. |
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From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | I feel that much of the idea behinfd the Leviathan parties education agenda and the one laid out in this one is the same. In effect the apprenticeships and vocational training outlined in Ed to 20 are private educations, since they are run by the employers (as I read it). This carries the idea throughout the system. The government pays the bill while others do the work. This will lower cost and keep accountability toward performance. We have not surrendered control on the requirements of the education rather the methods employed. Thus if a school develops a better method of teaching a subject, other schools will adapt this practice or lose students. |
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From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | We simply do not believe that privatising education will deliver better schooling. Now, we support the market in many areas, but education (and healthcare) is somewhere where we draw the line. |
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From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | Private schools should not be banned. Adding education to the market will increase the incentive for better educated people. It will also increase the quality of education. |
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From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | Indeed. They should be guaranteed a better education by the government. The poor should have access to the same level of education as the rich. |
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From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | Exactly my point, If you think that banning private education will allow that I must disagree education abroad will become quite popular among the elite or an increase in tutors, rather government vouchers should be used to allow those who can afford it access to the best quality education. |
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From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | Your ignorance regarding education is both stunning and frightening. Suffice to say, this bill will not pass in the near or distant future, so either move it to a vote and pander to your elitist constituents or remove it from the floor. |
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From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | To make the Leviathan Party happy, though they has yet to defend any of the problems with their system I will move it to a vote. |
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From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | By voting against this bill, we are not endorsing the status quo. Just wanted to make that clear. Lurching between extremes will not help our nation. |
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From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Schools | | Message | If we had the option of vouchers and a public school system I would support that but unfortunately are system forbids that option. |
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| Vote |
Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 15 |
| no | Total Seats: 80 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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