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Bill: CUTE.2.2666
Details
Submitted by[?]: Central Union of Trade and Economy
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: April 2667
Description[?]:
| Educational Reform. The Basic Ideas of This proposal is following: 1. Local Governments and National Government can pick up the best offer from private educational institutions, thus reducing the costs of the educational system. 2. All education is paid by the state, thus meaning everyone is equal on every levels of education. 3. Government not funding public higher education institutions does not mean they don\'t exists, government still maintains them as stated in other legislature, they are just buying the service from the best possible educator. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 3
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 private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:14:06, November 16, 2008 CET | From |  Central Union of Trade and Economy | To | Debating the CUTE.2.2666 |
| Message | We would like to inquire why someone would be against this? It reduces the costs, it in no way limits the governments ability to regulate the education and it makes it free for everyone. |
| Date | 13:37:02, November 16, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the CUTE.2.2666 |
| Message | We view capitalism as a disgusting mental illness. |
| Date | 13:38:49, November 16, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the CUTE.2.2666 |
| Message | OOC: A bit more extreme then I\'d normally be, but hey, gotta throw some extremeness in sometimes. Basically it should make sense why I\'m against it, being a Socialist party and all. You\'ll find to that Education is an area where pretty much all of us are against privatization. |
| Date | 22:10:36, November 16, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the CUTE.2.2666 |
| Message | We oppose the tuition article and are uncertain about the others. We push for a full private system. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 120 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 207 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 273 |
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