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Bill: Education Localization (2660)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Normand Pluralist 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 2660
Description[?]:
| It is important that Sekowo\'s Federal Districts be given the autonomy to properly educate their own people according to local methods which are effective and work well with local populations. Nationalization of education is a mistake. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Current: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: 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.
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 a matter of local governments.
Article 6
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: No forms of direct discipline are allowed.
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:33:35, November 03, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Education Localization (2660) |
| Message | [[I know quite a few educators, but I cannot think of any who consider federal intervention a good thing: Most detest No Child Left Behind (and none so far support it), and I\'ve never met one who wished the federal government would get MORE involved in education.]] |
| Date | 15:10:02, November 03, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Education Localization (2660) |
| Message | OOC: While my experience with educators is the same, doesn\'t change my opinion. |
| Date | 20:22:22, November 03, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Social Democratic Republicans | To | Debating the Education Localization (2660) |
| Message | Educators almost always know what\'s best for them and their students, but rarely know what\'s best for the education system as a whole. |
| Date | 22:23:59, November 03, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Education Localization (2660) |
| Message | OOC: Next to no one supports no child left behind, but that\'t just a single flawed program created by Bush. |
| Date | 04:58:34, November 04, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Education Localization (2660) |
| Message | [[LSDR, administrators are much less likely to know what\'s best for the education system as a whole: usually they are trying to mandate what is best for teachers and their students.]] |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 208 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 230 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 162 |
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| Random quote: "The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre |