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Bill: Education Choice Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freie Demokratische Partei
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: March 3129
Description[?]:
| A bill to liberalise the education market. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Article 3
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:18:25, May 30, 2011 CET | From | Liberalrepublikanische Partei | To | Debating the Education Choice Act |
| Message | We will support this bill, because we believe it is a step in the right direction; we believe that these measures should be taken as stepping stones toward greater freedom in education, however. |
| Date | 06:06:44, May 30, 2011 CET | From | Nationalsozialistischen Bewegung | To | Debating the Education Choice Act |
| Message | The Honorable and Righteous, Reichslenker, Frederick Von Schneider steps up to the podium: "Mr. Speaker, This bill shows the ignorance and incompetence of our opposition. Public education has been a means of spreading the governments word as well as properly educating its future leaders. Attendance rates to schools have rocketed and more Dundorfians than ever are going to higher education institutions thanks to the government subsiding them the cost. It is - excuse the wording, stupid to deny our citizens such a right. Citizens and tax payers at that who demand that we give them something in return. Thank you." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 750 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
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