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Bill: Education Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberaldemokratische 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: January 3207
Description[?]:
| Members of the Bundestag, the LDP thinks that our school system must focus on the individual skills of every child. Therefore, we demand the abolition of standardized testing in favor of focusing on student creativity. Such a system would meet the individual demands of every single child better than the current system. Secondly, we propose to repeal the obligation to sing the national anthem at the commencement of each school day. Patriotism is certainly a good thing, but should never be compulsory. Thirdly, we want to leave the pre-school education to the private sector in order offer parents a wider range of nurseries to choose from. - Dr. Herbert Underberg, LDP Spokesman for Education |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 2
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 never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Article 3
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 | 17:27:51, October 31, 2011 CET | From | Dundorfische Arbeiters Bewegung | To | Debating the Education Reform |
| Message | Altough we agree on the fact that siging the national anthem every morning is a bit superfluous, and we certainly feel that student creativity should be encouraged, we can not agree on the fact that pre-school is left to the private sector. Education is something that naturally belongs in the hands of the government, ofcourse private schools should be legal but there should always be the option to go to the independent state schools. We feel that this also counts for the pre-school education. It is a pity that we can not further debate this matter cause voting is in act already. We are now forced to vote against this bill. Martin Hernik, Current party leader of the SF. |
| Date | 09:07:54, November 01, 2011 CET | From | Konservative Partei | To | Debating the Education Reform |
| Message | While we are encouraged by the proposal to privatise the delivery of nursery services, we cannot support either of the other two proposals in this legislation. An education system without any kind of yardstick is doomed to failure, and we disapprove of the unpatriotic suggestion that the national anthem be relegated to a mere afterthought. - Roel de Haan, education spokesperson for the Konservative Partei |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 93 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 407 | ||||
| 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. |
| Random quote: "If Lincoln were alive today, he’d be turning over in his grave." - Gerald Ford |