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Bill: Privatization of Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Roccato Anarcho-Syndicalist Union
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: May 2744
Description[?]:
| We do not believe that the government should have the job of educating our children. They ought to be totally free of its grasp, especially in their formative years. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter schools are not allowed.
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 leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Proposed: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
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 provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
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 development of nurseries to the private sector.
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: Education is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:17:13, April 19, 2009 CET | From | Federalist Minarcho-Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Education Act |
| Message | The FMCP would support if Article 6 were stricken. |
| Date | 19:13:37, April 19, 2009 CET | From | Modern Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Education Act |
| Message | We oppose wholeheartedly, this is the sale of education to the private sector. What is the belief that the private sector is better equipped to deal with this that the state? |
| Date | 22:48:56, April 19, 2009 CET | From | Roccato Anarcho-Syndicalist Union | To | Debating the Privatization of Education Act |
| Message | In deference to the FMCP, the RASU has stricken the sixth article from the bill and will present it separately as its own bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 228 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 423 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 99 |
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