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Bill: Free Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Workers' Solidarity Movement
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: October 3502
Description[?]:
| A BILL to make education free at the point of use; and for connected purposes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:34:12, June 16, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Free Education Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, (1) This bill is UN-necessary as under current Rutanian law, education is ALREADY "free" for everyone since we believe education is a RIGHT and not a "privilege." The difference is that instead of the school system being controlled by a massive government bureaucracy, it is controlled by PARENTS who each receive 10,000 RUT Elementary Pell Grants to make a BETTER decision of how to spend the THEIR tax dollars. Also, under current law, 1/3 of all of the private schools in the market are directly controlled by the public school teachers' union/cooperative as their OWN business. Now, educational decisions are made by actual EDUCATORS (teachers) instead of government bureaucrats. (2) According to the actual text of the law that gives the Rutanian people what they WANT (as evidence from the recent elections), School Privatization, the law allows the PARENTS of the children to give final permission for teachers to use corporal punishment on students. (3) Current law MAXIMIZES freedom for the people of Rutania. The C-WFP yields the balance of its time. |
| Date | 21:37:31, June 17, 2013 CET | From | Workers' Solidarity Movement | To | Debating the Free Education Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The C-WFP should learn that "subsidise" doesn't mean "entirely pay for". Education is only subsidised. It is not free. There is still a cost. The present law also encourages a scenario where unsuccessful schools goes go bust, leaving very few schools for everyone to attend. Surely it is better to have many, good schools than few, good schools? |
| Date | 01:56:38, June 18, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Free Education Bill |
| Message | WSM Spokesman, The law clearly states it subsidizes the COST for everyone. Cost clearly means that if tuition is 7,000 RUT per year, and each student is getting a 10,000 RUT check, then their education is FREE for them while the parent can pocket the 3,000 RUT difference to pay bills or spend in the Rutanian economy. Asia L. Wright, Minister of Finance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 167 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 299 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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