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Bill: DPA Suggested Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA)
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: January 2921
Description[?]:
| Education is treated too weakly in the Holy Empire. These are suggested reforms that we hope more parties can agree to. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is no National Curriculum; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:06:26, April 08, 2010 CET | From | Imperial Monarchist Party | To | Debating the DPA Suggested Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, While both of our parties differ immensely, we can agree to this bill. All citizens have a right to education. Recently IMP put up a bill for debate that was more radical than this. We shall support this bill. We yield. |
| Date | 08:29:10, April 08, 2010 CET | From | Liberal Conservative Party (ACN&IA) | To | Debating the DPA Suggested Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We support this bill, but we would propose to change Article 2 so that the students can take full-loans which they pay back when they start working. I yield. |
| Date | 12:10:51, April 08, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Suggested Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We could agree to articles 2 and 4 as part of our compromise. However, we see no reaosn to support articles 1 and 3, which were not part of the comrpomise agreement. We would propose as an alternative school vouchers. I yield. |
| Date | 18:33:28, April 08, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Suggested Education Reform Act |
| Message | Members of the Diet, The bill has removed the controversial articles 1 and 3. In regards to the LCP: the point of the subsidies to students is to help pay for their education and avoid the deterrent of post-educational debt. Thus, the current proposal is much more suitable for students. I yield. |
| Date | 20:59:54, April 08, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Suggested Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Our support for this bill assumes that no further attempts to modify the current education system will be made. I yield. |
| Date | 01:28:10, April 09, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Suggested Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Yes that is the intent. I yield. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 167 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 33 |
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