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Bill: Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Darnussia
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: November 2933
Description[?]:
| This ensures education for all, without prefrence to those from rich or poor backgrounds. All children deserve an equal chance in life. It is unfair to take that away from them because of their parents finanial situation. Some current legislation is almost Medieval. It is time to modernise our country. If this passes (which it won't), then We will introduce an ecomonic reform for Darnussia that increases spending in education. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Proposed: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Article 3
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 introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
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 made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Current: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
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 | 13:43:20, May 04, 2010 CET | From | Buidheann Saorsa | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | No... just no. |
| Date | 15:41:03, May 04, 2010 CET | From | Christian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | I second Buidheann Saorsa's well worded argument. |
| Date | 17:03:43, May 04, 2010 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | You're funny ... |
| Date | 18:28:49, May 04, 2010 CET | From | Rerum Novarum Party | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | Choice, a medieval doctrine. |
| Date | 02:38:02, May 05, 2010 CET | From | Federal Constitutionalist Party | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | ok so we are not spending any money on this so we should not debate on it either |
| Date | 10:01:02, May 05, 2010 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | You have to agree on article one. |
| Date | 18:06:22, May 05, 2010 CET | From | Christian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | Mmmmmm... no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 76 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 134 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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