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Bill: Educational Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Red Tory Party
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: May 2607
Description[?]:
| Educational Reform. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: 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.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:48:56, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Traditional Conservative Party | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | We support this leglislation, however, we believe charter schools are the responsibility of local governments. |
| Date | 08:06:45, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | The 'private schools' thing is killing this for us. |
| Date | 14:48:39, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Red Tory Party | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | What is it that you see wrong with the existence of private schooling? |
| Date | 18:15:08, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | There is no advantage to be gained from an education system that allows those with money - rather than talent or aptitude - to be given advantage over those with lesser means. We don't mind streaming schools based on excellence, but the idea of an education system that provides different qualities of education based on nothing more than wealth sickens us. |
| Date | 19:56:44, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Red Tory Party | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | That does not mean we should completely bar the option. |
| Date | 00:06:45, July 17, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act |
| Message | Yes. Yes it does. That's exactly what it means. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 75 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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