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Bill: Education Devolution Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Holy Eliyahu Confession
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 2646
Description[?]:
| a bill to give the local authorities greater control to craft the correct style of education, in line with the wishes of the individual region. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Proposed: invalid choice
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:20:49, October 03, 2008 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Education Devolution Act |
| Message | Article 2 is a deal breaker. I also wonder how Article 1 is different other than allowing schools to create their own tests since both require testing (or perhaps allowing schools to place higher emphasis on tests). Wouldn't this make comparing schools across the nation more difficut? And doesn't the phrase "nation requirements" itself assume that some minimal standardization would still be required? Basically I don't understand how the proposal is any better than the current law. |
| Date | 01:23:03, October 03, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Education Devolution Act |
| Message | OOC: If you live in the United States, you probably know how it works. There's a few minimal requirements set by the No Child Left Behind Act but each state creates its own test. Stupid, I know, but that's how it is. IC: We agree with the URP. It will make it difficult to compare results if there are many different tests. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 67 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 51 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 32 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats." - Benjamin Franklin |