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Bill: Schools Act (2137)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian Nationalist 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: November 2138
Description[?]:
| Religious schools can cause the problem of sectarianism. If every school taught the same curriculum and was government run then there would not be a religious divide between schools in certain areas. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:30:30, November 07, 2005 CET | From |  Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Schools Act (2137) |
| Message | Having been educated in a religious school (both at primary and secondary level) I feel they are detrimental to society. They breed an "us and them" attitude early on, especially in areas where there is almost a split in society (e.g. west coast of Scotland has a large Catholic minority in a Protestant area and the area is rife with sectarian problems) |
| Date | 18:05:45, November 07, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Schools Act (2137) |
| Message | So why the clause against charter schools? We feel that parents have the right to send their children to religious schools. The state remains seperated from religion as these schools must be privately funded. We also disagree with the idea that the prescence of religious schools splits society and see no evidence of it occuring in Hobrazia. |
| Date | 19:28:11, November 07, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Schools Act (2137) |
| Message | And where would you see such evidence for it in Hobrazia? |
| Date | 19:43:34, November 07, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Schools Act (2137) |
| Message | We can't at present so it can't be used as a point either way. |
| Date | 19:49:26, November 07, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Schools Act (2137) |
| Message | If all schools are state run then there would be more unity between children of different religious and ethnic origins, it will never be perfect but I feel it is the best thing for integration. |
| Date | 05:39:31, November 08, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Schools Act (2137) |
| Message | Why ban these? If parents decide they want their child to have a certain education, that are regulated by the state to ensure quality, why tell them they are not allowed? Mo on both. |
| Date | 14:31:43, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Schools Act (2137) |
| Message | Because the state should intervene in trying to make sure we have an integrated society rather than having children seperated on religious grounds at a young age. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 90 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 176 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 134 |
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