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Bill: Educational Reform Act of 3513
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Workers Party
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: September 3513
Description[?]:
| Schooling is a right to all citizens of Tukarali. An educated populace is a strong populace. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter schools are not allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Government funding for private schools applies only to charter and religious schools.
Current: Only religious schools receive government funding.
Proposed: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is a matter of local governments.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
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 | 13:18:19, July 10, 2013 CET | From | União Democrática do Tukarali | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act of 3513 |
| Message | "This bill speaks volumes about the authoritarian and centralizing direction our country would take under an SWP government. Banning educational options would do nothing to improve the education of our people. Taking educational matters out of the hands of the institutions with a ground level knowledge of regional and local eductional needs only creates an ineffective, one-size-fits-nobody-at-all eductional system." Lídia Arrojo, Minister of Education and Culture |
| Date | 22:29:22, July 10, 2013 CET | From | União Democrática do Tukarali | To | Debating the Educational Reform Act of 3513 |
| Message | OOC: My apologies, the Minister of Education and Culture giving the preceding quoto is Ada Cavalho, not Lídia Arrojo. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 29 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 96 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end." - John Dalberg-Acton |