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Bill: Standards Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Kafuristan
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: July 2151
Description[?]:
| No longer shall our children waste valued school time in order to sing Auferstanden aus Ruinen. The children shall never be required to sing it at school. Schools are for education, not propoganda. No longer shall the people be restricted on things such as industrial hemp manufacture and recreational drugs. Pabeus does not have an elected parliamentary system to ensure civil and economic rights. No longer shall some kids go to school and learn nothing due to a lack of standards. All schools shall have education standards, so all students have access to a good education. No longer shall our police torture any person at will. We must protect our people. No more torture. And no longer shall college be way too expensive for some lesser-privileged. We shall subsidize slightly the expenses of low-income or poor families' students. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
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 terms of extradition.
Old value:: The law does not limit the power of the government to pursue extradition treaties.
Current: The law does not limit the power of the government to pursue extradition treaties.
Proposed: The law bars the government from extraditing anyone who is a citizen of the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
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 introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Current: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Current: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: 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.
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.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 10
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 made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:33:01, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Standards Act |
| Message | Looks more nuetral with it's lack of articles! |
| Date | 22:20:29, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Standards Act |
| Message | I'm waiting for any bad things to change. |
| Date | 20:19:05, December 05, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Standards Act |
| Message | The Old School Liberal Party endorses torture? |
| Date | 22:13:38, December 05, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Standards Act |
| Message | That is a slight stretch to say OSLP endorses torture, however I do not see any reason to oppose this reform. My only guess as to why the OSLP would oppose this is the requirement of schooling instead of home school. (We all know how home-schoolers turn out, though) |
| Date | 22:46:14, December 05, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Standards Act |
| Message | We oppose: - Prohibition of homeschooling - Prohibition of extradition treaties - Regulation of private higher education - Regulation of private primary and secondary education Seeing as how we oppose 40% of this bill, we simply cannot accept it. Mixing social and structural reform is always a bad idea when you want me to support it, since we're quite far apart on the latter. |
| Date | 00:39:46, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Standards Act |
| Message | I didn't make this bill for your vote, I made it for the betterment of Kafuristan if it were to hopefully pass. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 75 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 190 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 35 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
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