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Bill: State Socialism Bill Education
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov
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: March 2594
Description[?]:
| Although currently we won't be able to implement this because the government currently has no budget, these are changes we should like to see implemented. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated 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 | 03:22:30, June 18, 2008 CET | From |  Family and Tradition Party (disbanded) | To | Debating the State Socialism Bill Education |
| Message | Nothing is 'free' - this is perhaps one of the most fundamental laws of economics. Everything has funding that comes from somewhere, and if it isn't coming from the private sector, it's coming straight from the pockets of the tax-payers. We would never support such wasteful spending on completely 'free' universities and colleges, and we prefer pre-school policy to be left to local governments, as with charter schools. We oppose. |
| Date | 18:16:09, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Korporatsia Ignatova | To | Debating the State Socialism Bill Education |
| Message | Air is free. I take it you've never heard of the concept of a "free good"? Regardless, this legislation makes sense as a way of correcting the market failure present in our education system. We support this completely. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 108 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 335 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 112 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: Wait a min was we tricked into voting for absolute monarchy (Jamie Jamesson, Chancellor of Luthori 4269-4310) |