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Bill: Education Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Conservative Party (ACN&IA)
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: June 2918
Description[?]:
| In order to secure all students higher education, there have to be a public alternative to the private schools. There is also an article that will prevent teachers from using corporal punishment against students. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
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 | 09:02:47, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Education is a matter of local governments. Students' needs and social situations are different in each duchy, thus the local governments take care of this issue. We would agree to decentralize articles 5, 2 and 1, but cannot support an inefficient national system which would in no way help the students of the Empire. I yield. |
| Date | 11:54:47, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | We are against, this is leftish nonsence. |
| Date | 13:46:58, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Liberal Conservative Party (ACN&IA) | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, I have modified the bill, removing three articles. I agree that letting the local government take care of the issue will be sufficient to secure higher education. I yield. |
| Date | 16:36:54, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, While we could agree to article 1 in the context of a compromise, article 2 remains a problem for us. I yield. |
| Date | 17:06:38, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | ADDENDUM: An acceptable compromise for us would be to leave each school decide their policy on article 2, therefore parents could choose where to send their children accordingly. |
| Date | 15:56:36, April 04, 2010 CET | From | Imperial Monarchist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | We do agree that there needs to be some sort of public education in the Holy Empire of Luthori, but we cannot agree to Article 2. Certain occasions call for corporal punishment. Outlawing it in schools altogether would be preposterous. If Article 2 is dropped, we will initiate a vote of "yes". |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 122 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 78 |
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