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Bill: Public Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Union
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: February 3505
Description[?]:
| People have spoken: they gave absolute majority to pro-public school parties. |
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 | 16:22:43, June 22, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, There is ALREADY a free education system in Rutania. Only it is managed by PARENTS (consumers) and Public School teachers and the market which gives FREEDOM to everyone. --Asia L. Wright, Minister of Finance |
| Date | 16:52:04, June 22, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Union | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I didn't mean FREE education. I meant PUBLIC education, not managed by for-profit companies but by a non-profit government. Norma Schieber, DU Education & Culture responsible. |
| Date | 17:09:28, June 22, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Union | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I didn't mean FREE education. I meant PUBLIC education, not managed by for-profit companies but by a non-profit government. Norma Schieber, DU Education & Culture responsible. |
| Date | 17:09:42, June 22, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Union | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I didn't mean FREE education. I meant PUBLIC education, not managed by for-profit companies but by a non-profit government. Norma Schieber, DU Education & Culture responsible. |
| Date | 17:10:20, June 22, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Union | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | OCC: Sorry, mi internet is not working fine |
| Date | 04:31:15, June 23, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | Dear Ms. Norma Schieber, DU Spokesman: In Rutania, only 1/3rd of all of the private schools are run by a for-profit worker cooperative. The 66% of the private schools are run by NON-profit religious churches like the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church. Besides, what is WRONG with a for-profit school system b/c it is the INCENTIVE to make a higher profit that makes ALL of the schools improve educational quality and standards. The average graduation rate in the public schools is 30% while in Catholic schools it is over 90%. --Buka Wigwe, Minister of Trade & Industry |
| Date | 04:35:59, June 23, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We will present 2 quick video presentation that explains how capitalism WORKS: cf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtOtV-gE3YQ (Capitalism 1948) cf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6H63CD7uQA (Make Mine Freedom 1948) --Buka Wigwe, Minister of Trade & Industry |
| Date | 09:26:20, June 23, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Union | To | Debating the Public Education Act |
| Message | Honourable Minister Wigwe, Capitalism is a good system, theorically. The same as communism, or even anarchism. They are good as ideas, but when you try to implement them, they never work as expected. There has to be a bit of regulation, a bit of government intervention, to make a political ideology effective. Norma Schieber, DU Education & Culture spokeswoman OOC: It isn't fair that you invent all these statistics to enforce your arguments, don't you think? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 169 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 167 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 219 |
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