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Bill: Education and Home-Schooling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dranland First Party (CC)
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: December 2670
Description[?]:
| We propose various reforms to the organization of our education system: Article 1) The One Nation Party believes that some level of education is important for everyone - this is simply common sense. Education is crucial for an informed populace, and for the chances of anyone in the work-force. As such, we propose that a basic education be made mandatory, but also that the option of home-schooling be made available for families who do not wish for their children to attend schools, whether for reasons of money, religious views, location, or any others. Article 2) We do not believe that private institutions should be regulated to meet a national curriculum - this uniformity would allow government bias in teaching material and is unnecessary. We propose, therefore, that private universities regulate themselves to provide diversity of material and to prevent a government monopoly of opinion in education. Article 3) We do not believe that education is a matter for the federal government. We propose that authority over the education system be devolved to local governments, in order to allow schools to be more responsive to, and representative of, the needs of each local community, based on their contingent and varying requirements. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 2
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 allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is a matter of local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:09:13, November 24, 2008 CET | From | National Bolshevik Party | To | Debating the Education and Home-Schooling Act |
| Message | Only article one is acceptable to us. We wish funding to be ensured throughout the nation and for private schools to be held accountable to basic educational standards. |
| Date | 02:22:15, November 24, 2008 CET | From | Party | To | Debating the Education and Home-Schooling Act |
| Message | We can only agree with aricle 2. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 102 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 163 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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