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Bill: Unabhängige Sozialkonservative Manifesto (2): Education
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unabhängige Sozialkonservative Partei
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 3488
Description[?]:
| As part of the Unabhängige Sozialkonservative Partei's election preparations, a series of bills have been drafted illustrating the new party's manifesto commitments. This is the second bill, and concerns education within the United Imperial Crownlands. 1. Charter schools cannot be allowed to drain the national coffers without a specific purpose, and the creation of a directional public school system will achieve this. 2. The increase in age for compulsory education - raised to 18 - will encourage literacy levels within Hulstria and Gao-Soto, as well as create a healthy demand for teachers, schools and intake to higher learning institutions (such as those outlined in Article 3.) 3. Private education should be encouraged at all levels, and this includes higher tuition. However, it makes sense for such institutions to be supervised by the state for standard and quality. 4. Nevertheless, with a raised education age and increased demand for universities some measure to allow their funding must be made. Scholarship programmes will remain unaffected. 5. This is a no-brainer; state schools should be operated against private schools, with the choice of institution largely the responsibility of the pupil's family. Private schools should be widely encouraged as they are effective productive places of learning. 6. The value of exams and tests - whilst significant - is overrated. Emphasis should be placed upon student creativity, understanding and the arts. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
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:: 16
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
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 fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Article 5
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: 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 National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 512 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 238 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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