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Bill: School Leaving Age Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jewish Mothers' Union
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: April 2580
Description[?]:
| It is counter-productive to compulsorily keep 16-18 year olds in full-time education when they are not committed to it and may not be suitable for it at that moment in their lives. They should be allowed to consider other alternatives, such as work and voluntary activities. Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
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 | 22:14:57, May 21, 2008 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the School Leaving Age Act |
| Message | the longer the better |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 163 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 176 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein |