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Bill: Greg Ruth Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 3845
Description[?]:
| The Anarchist Part of Solentia is proposing a comprehensive and intelligent bill to exterminate the Solentian Public School system. It shall be replaced by a privatized or unionized system of schooling that will be controlled by the invisible hand of the free market and the will of the people. This bill includes a small budget cut to make sure we aren't paying for a schooling system we do not have. Here are the parts: 1.0 All Solentian Public Education facilities will be given to the teachers employed at the school. Teachers will form unions that will control the schools, or they will sell the schools to third parties and split the profit as they see fit. 2.0 All funding for schooling will be removed. 2.1 The education funding removed is represented by a new education budget of zero. 2.2 The lack of school busses is represented by the smaller transportation budget. 2.3 The school health programs will be eliminated, and that is represented by the smaller health services budget. 2.4 The lack of school lunches will be represented by the smaller food budget. 3.0 Any other necessary decisions in the matter will be proposed by the Minister of Education at a later date. 3.1 The smaller budget will be compensated by a smaller income tax. This bill has been proposed by newly appointed Minister of Education Greg Ruth. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is entirely voluntary.
Proposed: Education is entirely voluntary.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Proposed: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
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 does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Article 7
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 0 SOL | 5,000,000 SOL | 5,000,000 SOL |
| Foreign Affairs | 0 SOL | 6,000,000,000 SOL | 6,000,000,000 SOL |
| Internal Affairs | 0 SOL | 5,000,000,000 SOL | 5,000,000,000 SOL |
| Finance | 0 SOL | 8,000,000,000 SOL | 8,000,000,000 SOL |
| Defence | 0 SOL | 50,000,000,000 SOL | 50,000,000,000 SOL |
| Justice | 0 SOL | 32,000,000,000 SOL | 32,000,000,000 SOL |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 0 SOL | 77,000,000,000 SOL | 75,000,000,000 SOL |
| Health and Social Services | 0 SOL | 107,000,000,000 SOL | 100,000,000,000 SOL |
| Education and Culture | 0 SOL | 133,000,000,000 SOL | 0 SOL |
| Science and Technology | 0 SOL | 65,000,000,000 SOL | 65,000,000,000 SOL |
| Food and Agriculture | 0 SOL | 49,000,000,000 SOL | 40,000,000,000 SOL |
| Environment and Tourism | 0 SOL | 10,000,000,000 SOL | 10,000,000,000 SOL |
| Trade and Industry | 0 SOL | 45,000,000,000 SOL | 45,000,000,000 SOL |
| Total | 0 SOL | 587,005,000,000 SOL | 436,005,000,000 SOL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 168 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 198 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 59 |
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| Random quote: "To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity." - Maximilien Robespierre |