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Bill: Education Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Humanist Alliance
Status[?]: passed
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 2779
Description[?]:
| The proposed changes are fairly minor, but the Humanist Alliance has faith in the long term benefits of these programs as our nations most valuable resource become the leaders of tomorrow. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:32:52, June 29, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Education Reform |
| Message | We prefer the current higher education policy, and we see no problem with it. However, we are not opposed to Article 2, and would support it in a seperate piece of legislation. Similarly, Article 3 may be acceptable to us. We will abstain from any voting on this legislation until we have reached a decision. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 120 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 110 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 75 |
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