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Bill: Home Schooling Act 2130.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal-Progressive Union
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: April 2131
Description[?]:
| Allows parents of underage school children the freedom to make their own choice regarding home schooling. If the student is taught at home, the parents or guardians must abide by government standards that ensure a quality education for the student. Periodic inspections by school officials will be made to determine if the student is meeting basic educationial standards set forth by the government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:23:36, October 24, 2005 CET | From |   Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Home Schooling Act 2130. |
| Message | Lets the parents decide to educate their children at home, not the government. |
| Date | 19:39:14, October 24, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Home Schooling Act 2130. |
| Message | The cost on the education system would be massive, reducing the amount of money that could be spent on the eductaion of those children. Those same children would also lose out on the social aspect of school which could, in later life, be a distinct disadvantage to those aforementioned children. |
| Date | 20:35:59, October 24, 2005 CET | From | Capitalizt Party | To | Debating the Home Schooling Act 2130. |
| Message | It's their freedom to be so. And, shouldn't home schooling be privately funded? |
| Date | 21:16:46, October 24, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Home Schooling Act 2130. |
| Message | The schooling, I assume, would be privately funded, however the periodic inspections wouldn't be. We would also point out that there is no guarantee that the exams taken by these pupils would be the work of said pupil, unless they were to go to the local school to take exams or they had soem form of invigilator, in which case who would pay for that? It all costs money. We would also ask, whose freedom. You're giving the choice to the parents, but that same argument could also be given to the child, do they get the choice? Currently, a child can be taught at a public or private school, that's your choice. In these schools they are guaranteed high quality education from qualified educators. Allowing teaching at home not only increases the possiblilty that the quality of education reduces but that future citizens would have poorer interpersonal skills reducing our competitive edge in an international market. |
| Date | 12:20:04, October 25, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Home Schooling Act 2130. |
| Message | Wow, never been so many bills that i've agreed on with LPU and Capitalizt. |
| Date | 13:35:09, October 25, 2005 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Home Schooling Act 2130. |
| Message | Damn, I didn't expect the TPoH to be included in the yes. Thanks. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 274 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 126 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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