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Bill: Equality of Education and Opportunity Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Liberal Party
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: September 2120
Description[?]:
| Whereas private schools, including religious schools, allow children from wealthy families choices that other children do not, and Whereas unscrupulous private schools, under current law, can profit off of parents' ignorance while providing inferior educations, and Whereas some school choice is needed but this can come from charter schools, we hereby propose to ban private schools, religious or secular, but liberalize the laws on nonprofit charter schools. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
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 alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:04:05, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Equality of Education and Opportunity Act |
| Message | This is unlikely to pass, but at the very least will let the nation know where we stand on education. But think about it...equality of opportunity...all parents having the same choices. No matter how one feels about religious schools, eliminating them is necessary if private schools are eliminated, or there are public religious schools. |
| Date | 16:45:35, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Equality of Education and Opportunity Act |
| Message | If this bill is passed, then I shall complain the World Jewish Congress, that one of their members (KPP) is trying to ban Jewish schools. |
| Date | 22:47:10, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Equality of Education and Opportunity Act |
| Message | Never say blackmail isn't effective. |
| Date | 23:20:13, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Equality of Education and Opportunity Act |
| Message | I'm surprised that that threat is, as Jewish people, being a minority religion outside Israel, tend to vote in a very secular manner in other countries...thus, the WJC would be likely to have no problem with all education being secular. |
| Date | 01:38:20, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Equality of Education and Opportunity Act |
| Message | Never say persuasion isn't effective...this has got to stop. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 285 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 236 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 78 |
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