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Bill: Education Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Bolshevik 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: February 2610
Description[?]:
| A1: Education is entirely voluntary. A2: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis. A3: Local governments may craft their own testing policies, but all students must meet basic national requirements. A4: Discipline levels are set by schools. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is entirely voluntary.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: invalid choice
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:59:10, July 21, 2008 CET | From | Progress and Liberty Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | We will not support this. While we support voluntary schooling, we vehemently disagree with getting rid of the voucher system. |
| Date | 05:18:07, July 22, 2008 CET | From | Dranland First Party (CC) | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | We strongly support article 3 of this legislation, but we believe some measure of education should be compulsory, we do not believe in an entirely privatized and un-subsidised education system, and we believe that discipline levels in schools should remain a matter for local governments as in the status quo. If article 3 were to be in a legislation of its own, we would strongly support. |
| Date | 05:25:20, July 22, 2008 CET | From | National Bolshevik Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | Noted. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 65 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 200 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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