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Bill: Comprehensive Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Labour Alliance
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: July 2700
Description[?]:
| Charter schools amount to the privatisation of our childrens education |
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 be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools are not allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:47:55, January 22, 2009 CET | From | Tallahasseea Party | To | Debating the Comprehensive Education Bill |
| Message | Charter schools create competition among schools, yes, but they are still responsible to meeting the same standards as the government schools if they wish to continue to receive funding from the Ministry of Education. |
| Date | 00:09:32, January 23, 2009 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Comprehensive Education Bill |
| Message | We'll be abstaining, because we think it is better to devolve this to local authorities. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 72 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 490 |
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