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Bill: The Education Act 3022
Details
Submitted by[?]: Parti Conservateur Royaliste
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: August 3023
Description[?]:
| An act to ensure the highest standard of education is provided in Kanjor |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Proposed: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:45:46, October 31, 2010 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the The Education Act 3022 |
| Message | Non. We cannot support Article 1 no Article 2. |
| Date | 00:47:36, October 31, 2010 CET | From | Parti Conservateur Royaliste | To | Debating the The Education Act 3022 |
| Message | Article 1 is in line with our central Government policy. Article 2 is to ensure that those children who have differant beliefs and lifestyles, still receive an education and we recognise that sometimes, the best education comes from the parents or private tutors. |
| Date | 01:01:24, October 31, 2010 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the The Education Act 3022 |
| Message | We feel that certain policies should be devolved to the local governments who are in better positions to determine policies that fit their locale. This is one of those policies. We also feel that given this Acts reestablishment of private education facilities, of which the AFK is strong supporter, there is no need for parents to educate their children at home. Private schools & religious schools will exist after the passage of this Act and there is no need for children to be taught at home by unqualified personal. Given the character education system of Kanjor (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Education_in_Kanjor#Secondary_Education), of which the AFK's predecessor parties were the creators of, all children are given a strong individualized education and we see no need for it to be given to parents under the pretense that children need "more individual attention". In the case of children with special needs, as in severe handicaps or other issues, we feel that the support given to children in a school setting is much better and more intensive than can be given from parents as individuals. |
| Date | 01:08:58, October 31, 2010 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the The Education Act 3022 |
| Message | Also, we feel that a public, or at least private, education system ends the trend toward multiculturalism and instead integrates the children of immigrants into our French-speaking system. The AFK is not particularly anti-immigrant, but does wish to protect our language and culture; all of which are threatened if people are allowed to educate outside the current system. |
| Date | 01:12:02, October 31, 2010 CET | From | Parti Conservateur Royaliste | To | Debating the The Education Act 3022 |
| Message | We would be willing to repeal article 2 after this act has passed since the vote has started, you may of course bring the action to the nation yourself to end home schooling but we will not swerve away from a central Government policy on these matters. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 39 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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