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Bill: Community Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi
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 3348
Description[?]:
| A bill to invest local communities with broad authority to reform and regulate education, subject to the oversight of the Supreme Soviet. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:15:02, August 10, 2012 CET | From | Green-Left Communalist Collective | To | Debating the Community Education Act |
| Message | Unfortunately the A-HS would not support a bill to all local authorities to 'reform and regulate education'. We support devolution however, we only support local government enforcing and operating local infrastructure when it comes to education. Our policy is not centralisation but complete localisation, however, when it comes to giving local authorities the power to decide about whether they should fund universities and pre-schools or whether or not they should teach sex education, we are dubious. We would consider this bill, but it goes against our policy. |
| Date | 13:18:44, August 10, 2012 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Community Education Act |
| Message | We have issues with the sexual education. We feel that every student has the right to be informed equal to others and we also do not feel that testing policies should differ between regions. |
| Date | 13:19:53, August 10, 2012 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Community Education Act |
| Message | Bah, I meant: ....with the sexual education *and testing proposals*. |
| Date | 20:50:44, August 10, 2012 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Community Education Act |
| Message | We will go ahead with this bill. However, if it fails, we will propose a more moderate proposal. |
| Date | 23:45:34, August 10, 2012 CET | From | Green-Left Communalist Collective | To | Debating the Community Education Act |
| Message | We understand the good intention of this bill however, that after a member's ballot and poll, our Syndicate would fully support (and praises) only Articles 1 and 3. |
| Date | 23:46:58, August 10, 2012 CET | From | Green-Left Communalist Collective | To | Debating the Community Education Act |
| Message | *but praises |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 46 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 615 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 89 |
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