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Bill: Education act 2795
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal 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: September 2796
Description[?]:
| At current the nature of education is that it is entirely voluntary. Currently, as all schools are privately owned, this is liable to discrimination and inequality to those less able. This act is to ensure a compulsory rounded education for all citizens up to a certain age. However, We also feel that if a person wishes, they may be allowed to receive education at home, Where this is the case it must be stated to local authorities. We also seek to nationalise all education, so as to ensure all people in education get the same treatment and therefore equal opportunities. Obviously, we recognise the need for competition so as to allow employers to differentiate between applicants and choose the best for their vacancy, and so we allow higher education to remain private and thus the education given will be varied, but the government is willing to fully subsidise all higher education. We believe that knowledge is a basic right, and should not be sold. Other provisions are also given, regulating punishment in schools, and advising on matters regarding sexual education. We feel that an early and thorough understanding of sexual health and sexuality will allow individuals to make informed decisions with regards to sex and the law, and so help curtail the threat of STI's and pregnancies within individuals who would otherwise not be deemed mentally or physically ready for such an act. We believe that such an act gives everyone an equal opportunity in life, and equips them with skills necessary for later life, and in work. We also believe it is beneficial for those citizens who later in life choose to move to other countries and require some form of qualification to obtain work. |
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 Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:57:50, August 01, 2009 CET | From | Drasciian New Left | To | Debating the Education act 2795 |
| Message | I'd prefer private schools to be legal in article 2. Otherwise I fully support Articles 1, 3, 4 and 5 |
| Date | 10:47:36, August 01, 2009 CET | From | Sons of Liberty | To | Debating the Education act 2795 |
| Message | If you go to a government school, you learn that the government is always right. No better way than compulsory education of the agenda of the state can turn generations of potentially great minds into the drivel of Statist henchmen supporting the force and evil of the state at every turn. We will never agree to any initiation of force, especially on families and their decisions regarding their children's education, especially when the agenda behind it is one that will brainwash generation after generation to accept tyranny and oppression by a monolithic state. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 265 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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