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Bill: Act for the Promotion of Student and Citizen Based Education
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populara Kuniĝo por Paca Disvolviĝo
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: July 3869
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: The funding of private schools is the responsibility of local governments.
Current: Government funding for private schools applies only to charter and religious schools.
Proposed: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Proposed: invalid choice
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:38:07, June 29, 2015 CET | From | Zardio Federisma Partio | To | Debating the Act for the Promotion of Student and Citizen Based Education |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Once again we see another attempt to centralize this country in the hands of out of touch Belgae bureaucrats! Local and state level authorities are best positioned to address the education needs of their people! As my colleague, Health Minister Brown stated, the best way to handle these issues is to let communities decide them, not have Belgae dictate them! Not to mention the increased expense and burden this will put on the Federal Budget! Why are we spending money on supplying tuition for college for everyone, when we should be using our limited resources to help those in need! It seems quite ironic that the party of the left is more concerned with helping the rich get an upper hand at the expense of the public good while the sensible centre-right party of business is trying to help those who need it! Theodore Robinson Minister of Education and Culture |
| Date | 01:53:58, June 29, 2015 CET | From | Humana Blokado | To | Debating the Act for the Promotion of Student and Citizen Based Education |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I am proud of my orange-tied colleagues for proposing such aggressive legislation. Change is upon us! Arnold Bishoppe Ĉielo Leader |
| Date | 13:57:12, June 29, 2015 CET | From | Liberala Demokratio Forumo | To | Debating the Act for the Promotion of Student and Citizen Based Education |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The idea that a "Promotion of Student and Citizen Based Education" means removing subsidies for private schools is absurd. That will only hurt those in most need, who will have nothing but the public education system to chose from. If anything, we should give more subsidies to private educational establishment, to ensure that more disadvantaged students can chose to be educated in the way that suits them best, not less. The Liberal Democratic Front supports increased subsidies for higher education, but not fully subsidizing it as that leads to wasteful spending. We would rather seek to introduce means-tested loans for everyone that must be paid back when that hard studying has paid off. Amanda Medusa |
| Date | 21:46:59, June 29, 2015 CET | From | Populara Kuniĝo por Paca Disvolviĝo | To | Debating the Act for the Promotion of Student and Citizen Based Education |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The concerns of our honorable colleagues are understandable, private schools do increase educational diversity and spending indeed should be reasonably restrained. Though, would not allowing individual schools, both public and private, to pursue an education tailored to their individual students, rather than a test, match that diversity without the need to fund institutions with the intent of extracting wealth from Zardic students and families. Would not also the economic impact of possessing an entirely educated populace outweigh the cost of providing such an education. It is our belief that such an enabling of public institutions and the wider populace would be beneficial in the extreme. Konstantina Thekla Ioannida Chairwoman of the Populara Kuniĝo por Paca Disvolviĝo |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 334 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 316 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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