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Bill: Higher Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Labour Party of Ikradon
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: October 2742
Description[?]:
| Introducing a fairer system for Higher Education, to better enable the poorest to have the opportunity to go to Higher Educational Insitutions |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
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 subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:47:11, April 16, 2009 CET | From | Communist Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Higher Education Reform Act |
| Message | We fully support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 139 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 331 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 230 |
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