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Bill: Schooling reform act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberty Dawn
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: April 3827
Description[?]:
Mr Speaker, What is profit it good for, one may ask? Is it exploitation of the customer? Or is it a necessity for being able to expand and to create more jobs? We of the Liberty Dawn wants everybody to have the freedom to go to school. But we also like diversity and the freedom of choice. Instead of having for-profit schools restricted to a few privileged kids, how giving everyone the chance of going to go to a private school? These schools need to make profit, otherwise no one would ever invest in them, and they would not be able to hand tailor education for their group of students. Parents know their children best, not politicians. Unity in diversity. David Mordechai, Liberty Dawn Education Spokesman |
Proposals
Article 1
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 private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Current: Only religious schools receive government funding.
Proposed: All private schools, even for-profit private schools, are given government funding.
Article 3
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 school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 05:25:43, April 06, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Schooling reform act |
Message | "We especially agree with article 1." ~Amy Smith, Secondary Chairman of the LPS |
Date | 05:31:44, April 06, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Schooling reform act |
Message | "Wait, Amy, article 2 is stupid. Why would you subsidize education and give schools funding? How about no funding and subsidize it. We agree with articles 1 and 3 and would accept a bill with those two articles." ~Ted Johnson, Head Chairman of the LPS and Prime Minister |
Date | 07:17:38, April 06, 2015 CET | From | Federal Green Party (FGP) | To | Debating the Schooling reform act |
Message | Giving private schools money destroys their ability to function as a private school. They would have to meet some sort of national standards as well as function as secular institutions. As a result it is better to keep private separate from government. Let both private and public schools exist side by side, private ones receiving no funding at all from the state. This way they can be independent in their curriculum and can have teacher-led prayers and other such things that have no place for taxpayer-funded schools. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 38 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 487 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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