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Bill: Compulsory Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal 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 2569
Description[?]:
| This bill will: 1) Lower the required age for compulsory edcaton to 17 years of age. |
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: 17
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:11:47, April 30, 2008 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Compulsory Education Act |
| Message | Why? I might support, but would appreciate a debate before this particular bill is passed. |
| Date | 05:27:49, April 30, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Compulsory Education Act |
| Message | We think 18 is a bit too much , that is the adult age. Some people are just not good at school and they might want to go to the workforce. |
| Date | 06:47:58, April 30, 2008 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Compulsory Education Act |
| Message | That is a good point... against your argument. 18 is the age of adulthood. I would consider supporting this bill if we lowered the age of adulthood to 17. Also, child labor is forbidden according to our current laws. So, these 17 year olds could not legally work anyway. I wonder what the purpose of this legislation is other than to increase the number of unsupervised youths with too much time on their hands? |
| Date | 07:03:32, April 30, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Compulsory Education Act |
| Message | Child labor only applies to children who are forced to work. At 17 years of age you can work, if that is the person's choice. One year of age difference is not that much, a person is not going to be more mature because he/she is 18. Maybe you can help with this. A person finishes high school between the ages of 17 and 18 years old, is that correct? |
| Date | 20:16:47, April 30, 2008 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Compulsory Education Act |
| Message | Child labor is forbidden and the age of adulthood is 18. So children are those under 18 and legally cannot work.. Please follow the laws of Lodamun and don't pretend that 17 year olds can work when the law explicitly state they cannot. |
| Date | 21:57:43, April 30, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Compulsory Education Act |
| Message | The law only says childs cannot work. I think the question is when is a person not considered a child anymore. If the person decided to work, why tell them, no you can't. This might be an interesting case for the Supreme Court. |
| Date | 05:12:53, May 01, 2008 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Compulsory Education Act |
| Message | People under the age of adulthood are children. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 44 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 51 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 55 |
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