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Bill: Education Choice Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Spenocratic 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: September 2624
Description[?]:
| Let's open more doors for the people of this great nation to learn. By giving parents choice and allowing for competition, teachers will be able to get paid more and students will be able to learn at a higher standard. This will also take away some of the education expenses. |
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:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
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: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:33:08, August 18, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Education Choice Act |
| Message | "The first article isn't an unpleasant surprise. It's like walking into the kitchen, and finding a pie, steaming on the counter. The second article is tolerable. It's like walking towards that pie hoping for a spoon, and finding a fork. The third article, on the other hand, is like breaking the rich golden pastry of the crust, and finding boiled kittens. We oppose your kitten-boiling pie pranks." --Avar Akkad Avara |
| Date | 00:06:06, August 20, 2008 CET | From | Red Tory Party | To | Debating the Education Choice Act |
| Message | Although we disagree with the ToI, we thoroughly enjoyed their response. 1 point for creativity ^__^ |
| Date | 01:44:03, August 20, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Education Choice Act |
| Message | OOC: :-) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 239 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 305 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 122 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say 'No' to war, for one does not create human society on mounds of corpses." - Louis Lecoin |