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Bill: Education Act 2835
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democratic Party
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: March 2837
Description[?]:
| We propose a comprehensive change in the education system in Rutania. We should have publically funded schools, that give the best possible education to our children and young adults. We should not have religious schools or charter schools. Everyone should be equal when starting their education and should not be able to 'buy' a priviliged education. We should operate a national grading system so someone from Delvar can compare results with someone from Bozarland. The current system is too chaotic with regions having their own testing. Our children should never be made to sing the national anthem and certainly not every day. This bill proposes fundamental changes to our education system. So, of course, we welcome debate and views from our fellow senators on the issue. Tony Manson Education & Culture Liberal Democratic Party |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
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 leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is a matter of local governments.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: 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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: 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.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 7
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, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Article 8
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
Article 9
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 | 16:52:47, October 20, 2009 CET | From | People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Education Act 2835 |
| Message | Would the LDP not accept a few highly regulated private schools (Article 4)? |
| Date | 17:12:16, October 20, 2009 CET | From | United Democrats | To | Debating the Education Act 2835 |
| Message | Now that article 4 has been modified, we will support. |
| Date | 17:14:16, October 20, 2009 CET | From | People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Education Act 2835 |
| Message | We will support. |
| Date | 00:16:45, October 21, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Education Act 2835 |
| Message | We fervently oppose this legislation and every last one of its articles. It is difficult to describe our position for all 9 of them seperately in any great detail, but our opposition to this legislation can be summarized by the following: This legislation will allow the federal government to usurp the authority of local governments, shifting control over education further away from local families and communities. It will eliminate most private sector schools and all charter schools, which will drastically reduce the efficiency and standards of the school system and end merit-based funding, and will give parents fewer options. It will also force children - whose parents may not believe they are at an appropriate age or level of maturity - to take sexual education classes, when this should clearly be the responsibility of the family. It will ban corporal punishment in schools universally, making it extremely difficult, if not impossible for teachers to discipline students effectively. It will ban religious schools, impinging the prerogative of parents to have their children educated in an institution that teaches in a manner consistent with their faith. Aside from all of this, it will place an unsustainable and unnecessary burden on tax-payers, who will be forced to foot the bill for the complete funding of public universities and schools, as well as fully subsidized tuition. This legislation is an assault on Rutania's schools and families, and nothing more. It is the LDP's tyrannical attempt to impose a radical ideological agenda on our schools universally, giving the government a total monopoly over their curriculum and every aspect of their management and regulation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 180 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 241 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 79 |
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