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Bill: General Education Act, 2579
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Rutanian Libertarian 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[?]:
| An act to re-privatise once successful and working education system. Furthermore, to remove the draconian requirement forcing people into paths they may not want to choose. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is entirely voluntary.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
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:
| Date | 12:36:04, May 21, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the General Education Act, 2579 |
| Message | Absolutely not. Paths they may not want to choose? Or "be a cheap labour forces for great capitalists that Liberal Party supports?" Education system is now more succesful than it was back in neoliberal days- now we have more educated people! |
| Date | 13:20:49, May 21, 2008 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the General Education Act, 2579 |
| Message | Why does the Liberal party oppose educational choice? And why does the Liberal Party have such contempt for state schools, which, from personal experience, are not the failures the Liberal Party considers them to be? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 236 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 363 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice." - Ayn Rand |