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Bill: KCH Education Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kundrati Civic Forum
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 3285
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 17
Current: 18
Proposed: 19
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Article 4
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 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 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: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Article 7
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 | 21:39:31, April 05, 2012 CET | From | Centrist Union | To | Debating the KCH Education Policy |
| Message | Why are you requiring education to happen in schools? Homeschooling is just as effective (many would argue it's more effective) as institutional education. |
| Date | 21:50:48, April 05, 2012 CET | From | Kundrati Liberty Movement (KLM) | To | Debating the KCH Education Policy |
| Message | Exactly! Homeschooling is much better for certain individuals. The idea that a one-size-fits-all approach works best in education is just completely nuts. Let's leave education to private individuals. Vouchers are already provided, more help is not needed and there's no need to force all kids into a state-brainwashing facility. |
| Date | 03:16:11, April 07, 2012 CET | From | Kundrati Nationalist Party | To | Debating the KCH Education Policy |
| Message | We can not support this bill as it is but agree with some aspects of the bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 363 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 387 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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