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Bill: Education Expansion Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Centrists
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 2118
Description[?]:
| The citizens of the Solentian Republic deserve to better education standards. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is entirely voluntary.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
Current: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:24:57, September 26, 2005 CET | From |  Solentian Corporate Communist Party | To | Debating the Education Expansion Act |
| Message | We are able to support this measure. |
| Date | 08:27:13, September 26, 2005 CET | From | Revised Confederate Party | To | Debating the Education Expansion Act |
| Message | This is a must without a doubt. I'm slightly unsure if I agree with religious schools going unregulated however. |
| Date | 16:41:47, September 26, 2005 CET | From | United Centrists | To | Debating the Education Expansion Act |
| Message | We are willing to compromise and impose regulations on religious schools, if a majority of the parties are in favor of such a thing. |
| Date | 17:34:35, September 26, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Corporate Communist Party | To | Debating the Education Expansion Act |
| Message | We are definitely in favor of more regulation of religious schools... |
| Date | 01:47:40, September 27, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Party | To | Debating the Education Expansion Act |
| Message | The DPP agrees to this legislation. |
| Date | 04:44:34, September 29, 2005 CET | From | Revised Confederate Party | To | Debating the Education Expansion Act |
| Message | With the improvision of regulations on religion based schools, we now voice our support for this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 650 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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