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Bill: Education Opportunity bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakanian Democratic Socialist 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: August 2161
Description[?]:
| A bill to give students of all income brackets an opportunity for higher education |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Current: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:21:22, December 25, 2005 CET | From | Party for a Democratic Socialist Society | To | Debating the Education Opportunity bill |
| Message | We agree, though we think in the future education reforms should go further |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 3 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 142 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "[The people] may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." - Carl W. Buechner |