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Bill: Comprehensive Educational System Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Elitist 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: April 2903
Description[?]:
| As stated previously in the case of the Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act, the REP wishes to give the power to decide in the hands of the people. Let them do what they want with their money. Why take away and make decisions instead of them. Furthermore, (and this is true also for the health care system) if we introduce market mechanism in education, we achieve better quality, because schools will need to have high quality in order to be chosen by the citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
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 maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
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 allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
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 6
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: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
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 | 00:10:30, March 04, 2010 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Comprehensive Educational System Reform Act |
| Message | Freedom will support making the education system more independent of the state. Jim Hayworth Leader of the Opposition Freedom Party Ldr |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 250 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 250 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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