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Bill: Liberal's Education Platform, 2587
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Hobrazia
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: January 2588
Description[?]:
| It's time to modernize our education system. We need a system that's prepared to deal with the challenges of the 27th century. We need a system that is flexible and innovative. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: 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.
Current: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
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 | 09:25:26, June 05, 2008 CET | From | People's Liberation Front of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Education Platform, 2587 |
| Message | No to 1 and 3, while we can agree with Article 2. |
| Date | 10:57:00, June 05, 2008 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Liberal's Education Platform, 2587 |
| Message | No to 1 and 3, while we would rather see this option in article 2: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor. |
| Date | 20:38:52, June 05, 2008 CET | From | First Party Of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Education Platform, 2587 |
| Message | get rid of 1 and 2 and we can agree |
| Date | 21:21:56, June 05, 2008 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Liberal's Education Platform, 2587 |
| Message | No to all articles. 1. Charter schools are publicly funded private institutions. We will not allow government money to be spent on private institutions for profit. The current law stipulates that the organisation operating the Charter School must be non-profit. This guarantees that the money spent by the government is spent on education and operation of that school, not on making money for the people who operate/own the school. 2. Paying for the complete tuition of all students is a laudable goal, however it is cost prohibitive. The current system allows for the full cost of tuition to be met by the government for students on low incomes, reducing as ability to pay increases, and, assuming the student then reaches a minimum annual income level, they begin to repay that subsidy back to the government in order for that money to be put back into the system. This allows for any student who wishes to go to university to go with all, or at least a percentage, of their education paid for by the state whilst allowing that investment to be returned and reused in order to reduce government expenditure. 3. We will not pay government money to fund private institutions when the public sector can provide the same quality of service to the public without the requirement for a profit motive. There is no evidence supporting private education being any better than public education and, more crucially, the public sector provides more cost effective educational standards than those provided by the private sector. The inherent requirement for the private sector to make a profit will increase costs to parents of the more wealthy and increase costs to the government as those private schools will be able to utilise the voucher system as a "cash cow" in order to maximise profits at the risk of the government and the citizens of this nation. |
| Date | 01:20:58, June 06, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Education Platform, 2587 |
| Message | This is a comprehensive reform package, and we can not support part of it without the rest. |
| Date | 01:32:36, June 06, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Education Platform, 2587 |
| Message | Since our comprehensive reform package will not pass yet, we have removed Article 2 (so its supporters won't have to vote against it) and will put this forward as a platform for now. |
| Date | 02:51:43, June 07, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Education Platform, 2587 |
| Message | A delightful surprise! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 253 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 147 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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