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Bill: Education Act, 3353
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic 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: April 3354
Description[?]:
| Preamble: Education funded by the government must be more strongly regulated by the government; on the other hand, some aspects of education must be given to the private sector. Article 1: Preeschools shall be private and regulated; low-income earners will have their childrens' school fees subsidised. Article 2: All schools shall give children sexual education; students may opt out. Article 3: Standardised testing policies will be the responsibility of State governments; however, the State governments must comply with certain national standards. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Current: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:00:49, August 22, 2012 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Education Act, 3353 |
| Message | Please vote for this. No support, and you will receive no confidence or supply. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 454 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 296 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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