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Bill: Children's Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Modern Intellectual Party
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: June 2146
Description[?]:
| We propose that it be a legal requirement for all children to be educated |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:02:36, November 23, 2005 CET | From |  Socialist Guild | To | Debating the Children's Education Bill |
| Message | Why force people to attend school - we should attempt to build an education systen where people want to attend |
| Date | 09:43:43, November 24, 2005 CET | From | Modern Intellectual Party | To | Debating the Children's Education Bill |
| Message | That is ridiculous, we would raise a generation of people with virtually no education |
| Date | 01:15:20, November 25, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Guild | To | Debating the Children's Education Bill |
| Message | eh, nonsense, progressive educational projects such as A.S. Neills summerhill have been very succesful in experimenting with non compulsory schooling |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 163 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 116 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 121 |
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