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Bill: Schools Discipline Act 2982
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
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: February 2983
Description[?]:
| Empowering Schools and Parental Choice Oliver Edrit-Caan, Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Culture |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:48:17, August 10, 2010 CET | From |  Sue's Corner | To | Debating the Schools Discipline Act 2982 |
| Message | This would create a postcode lottery. Depending on where you lived, would depend on your school, would depend on your discipline. Some children could run riot and shoot their teachers, others would have to behave. We need a national policy on an issue like this as it may create confusion for parents, students who move schools and teachers who move jobs. Opposed. Margaret Ballantyne, Education. |
| Date | 21:53:25, August 10, 2010 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Schools Discipline Act 2982 |
| Message | "I am sure they would refrain from shooting their teachers, what with our new fool-proof gunlaws, tough crime system and superbly equiped police forces. The CUP retails full confidence in the ability of schools, Governors and Headmasters to judge appropriately the level of discipline required in their school and craft independent policy to match the needs of their individual student-base. We agree that this would end up in different schools having different policies, however we see that as a positive. It grants parents choice in what level of discipline their children recieve, teachers in what type of school they wish to teach-in and schools the ability to individualise learning to match the needs of their students." Oliver Edrit-Caan, Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Culture |
| Date | 22:15:06, August 10, 2010 CET | From | Sue's Corner | To | Debating the Schools Discipline Act 2982 |
| Message | We think our policies will be tougher on school kids, who have gotten away with murder, literally, for too long. MARGARET BALLANTYNE |
| Date | 03:18:20, August 11, 2010 CET | From | Social Justice Party | To | Debating the Schools Discipline Act 2982 |
| Message | This law would lead to far too many potential abuses from rogue schools the SDLP believes that corporal punishment at any level is ineffective if not counterproductive. Leonie Muller SDLP Education Spokesperson |
| Date | 04:59:24, August 11, 2010 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Schools Discipline Act 2982 |
| Message | There have to be standards. This bill offers none. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 16 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 84 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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