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Bill: Schools Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progress 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: March 3479
Description[?]:
| For too long, the private sector - which makes up an important part of the national education system - has been at a legal disadvantage in the field of education. We are proposing a series of structural reforms that will make it easier for the private sector to compete against public schools, whilst preserving the financial and institutional integrity of our much loved public school system. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Government funding for private schools applies only to charter and religious schools.
Current: The funding of private schools is the responsibility of local governments.
Proposed: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: 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.
Current: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:26:11, May 01, 2013 CET | From |  Impériale Avant-garde d'Alduria | To | Debating the Schools Act |
| Message | Honorable Speaker, While we do not feel that there is a need for Private schools of any kind, in an attempt to bridge the gap between the two extremes of total government controlled education and the complete control of private schools we will vote in favor of this measure at this time. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 615 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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