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Bill: College Grant & Educational Stimulant & Reform Act: Revisited 2
Details
Submitted by[?]: Mouvement des Conservateurs
Status[?]: passed
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: December 2111
Description[?]:
| --- Due a major abstain I want to bring forward this proposal again to the National Forum --- With proposals this time. Fellow members of the National Forum, The Liberal Democratic party proposes a Education Reform Act containing several articles. For a while new Rildanor has been a haven for students, the educational system is completely pulbic and free, expenses payed by the government. But does that 'good-life-climate' implies on the quality or the educational degree of our students? Not that much. However many of our pupils finish school at the age of 18, less of them graduate high school or at the university. The cause of this lies at the stimulation of these students, because the government pays all the costs for schoolmaterial & -enrolment, students have no stimulation as what so every because they know they can change branches and schools without any extra costs or knowing it might be the only change they have, most of them even stop earlier without any graduates and go to work. Article 1: Keeping colleges in the hands of the private sector will improve the quality of it, knowing that every year thousands of pupils graduate secondary school and are looking for a place to study. They need to attract as many as possible to keep their educational facility in the running. The universities are of the highest importance, they do not only educate the brightest of our nation but also do research and development of new technologies & theories, in overall universities are a signboard for our Nation to the rest of the world. In order to control them, we may want to keep them in government regulations. Article 2: This article implies the stimulation of the students, as the government will keep on subsidizing tuitions, the student will have to provide a certain amount itself. Knowing that what they payed for it and obviously doesn't want to do that again will stimulate them to succeed their studies, consider their choice before they start and will be able to graduate on a younger age. The scholarship program will remain and I will revisit this issue later. Article 3: Private school aren't regulated, I think that education is to important not to regulate facilities that provide them. College grants (revisited): When the economic system will be implemented I would like to propose a scholar program fund. It is quite simple, as students will have to pay for tuition at higher education facilities, this might become a problem for some of them. (low-income families, handicap, ...) So they can apply for a scholarship program by the government. These students will have to fill out a form containing further information about the family's income or any other shortcomings that might prevent them from earning study money. When they got accepted, the government will fully pay they study costs. This possibility also applies on the so called 'smart students', pupils who had exeptional results at secondary school or done something special for their local community. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
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 The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:50:05, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Parti Monarchiste Catholique | To | Debating the College Grant & Educational Stimulant & Reform Act: Revisited 2 |
| Message | We will support, and apologize for our abstention earlier. |
| Date | 15:55:18, September 15, 2005 CET | From |  Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the College Grant & Educational Stimulant & Reform Act: Revisited 2 |
| Message | Thank you for your support CMP! |
| Date | 20:53:15, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Beach Party | To | Debating the College Grant & Educational Stimulant & Reform Act: Revisited 2 |
| Message | I support 2 and 3 but not 1. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 58 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 21 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 21 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada." - Lorne Bloch |