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Bill: Education for everyone!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Progress & Reform Front
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: November 3046
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
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 subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
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:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:40:30, December 15, 2010 CET | From | Walruzyjska Partia Libertariańska | To | Debating the Education for everyone! |
| Message | Do you understand the economic effect this will have? You will only increase the price which means less people will be able to afford it. Its a shame that your rethoric says you care about the poor and downtrodded but yet your actions make it hard for them. |
| Date | 13:08:22, December 16, 2010 CET | From | Socialist Progress & Reform Front | To | Debating the Education for everyone! |
| Message | You don't understand social services... When a service in nationalized the price don't increase, because if necessary the State will lose money in order to give a service to everyone |
| Date | 21:05:00, December 16, 2010 CET | From | Walruzyjska Partia Libertariańska | To | Debating the Education for everyone! |
| Message | The price will increase because there is a higher demand BECAUSE the state is servicing the entire nation. Basic economics will inform you of that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 143 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 107 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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