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Bill: Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
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: August 2590
Description[?]:
| An act to remove regulation of private pre-schools. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:52:25, June 10, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act |
| Message | We don't need to regulate pre-schools. If parents want a regulated one, they can go to a state pre-school. If they want unregulated, they can to a private one. That way, the parents have choice. |
| Date | 22:22:06, June 10, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act |
| Message | No. Nobody wants overregulation, but we believe private nurseries have to be regulated up to a certain point. There are certain minimum standards which should be fullfilled, at least for the safety of the children: eg no dirty unhealthy environment, kids cannot be left unsupervised, no dogs in the vicinity of toddlers, or a dangerous staircases or fish pond which isn't properly sealed off.. |
| Date | 22:24:11, June 10, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act |
| Message | Do you think parents would allow their children to attend such a nursery? Parents of children that age of manically obsessive about the smallest possible risk, they are much more demanding than the government could ever be. |
| Date | 11:23:56, June 11, 2008 CET | From | Human Extinction Project | To | Debating the Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act |
| Message | Parents do not have the time or legal authority to impose vigorous inspections upon nurseries. Professor Horace Werckle (Director of the Human Extinction Project) |
| Date | 14:19:02, June 11, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act |
| Message | If parents don't want to investigate private nurseries, they can take their child to a state nursery, which they can be sure conforms to governmental guidelines. |
| Date | 19:37:13, June 11, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act |
| Message | It\'s not always easy/possible to find out how competent a nanny is, or to check what a nanny actually does all day. \r\nSome examples: * One story comes to mind.. A nanny called the father of a baby saying "your kid is turning blue, I dunno what to do, what should I do?". In stead performing cpr, or (if she doesn\'t know first aid) calling 911, the father had to drive like crazy to the nursery,.. too late, the baby had suffocated in it\'s own vomit. People who lack the knowledge, skills, who aren\'t qualified to do the job, should not do the job. * I heard about a nursery once where a parent coincidentally came to get his/her toddler earlier, and the daughter/son of the nanny (still a small kid themselves) opened the door, saying "mammy is sleeping". This is not taking care of kids! Parents were actually paying her to look after their children, trusting her, while she did nothing. And there are numerous other stories where a parent asks at the end of the day "how was my kid today" the answer is always "fine", even if you can see at his/her eyes he/she must have been crying all day. Also, there are not always alternatives available.. in some regions you almost have to book a place at a daycare as soon as you know you\'re pregnant. |
| Date | 00:36:18, June 12, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (Pre-School Education) Amendment Act |
| Message | Again, no amount of government regulation is going to be able to guarantee that people do their jobs effectively. Some people are just wholly incapable. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 239 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 215 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 46 |
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