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Bill: Equal Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Imperial Hobrazian Front
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: June 2170
Description[?]:
| This bill will allow for poor students to attend any national college. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 fully subsidizes tuition.
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 | 11:50:52, January 11, 2006 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Equal Education Act |
| Message | Students from low income families can still go to higher education and only have to pay their loans back once they reach a salary at which they can afford to do so. This would be a massive expense for little benefit. |
| Date | 18:53:51, January 11, 2006 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Equal Education Act |
| Message | Education is hardly "little benefit." Loans force the individual to pay off debts for a long amount of time. Most of these students will have to work through college to make ends meet anyways, creating very difficult financial situations. Not all college graduates receive high-paying jobs (e.g. teachers, etc.) |
| Date | 22:19:13, January 11, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Equal Education Act |
| Message | "Not all college graduates receive high-paying jobs (e.g. teachers, etc.)" - In which case, they do not repay their loan. The current law states: "Repayment of loans will occur after the end of tuition, but not until the student is making over a minimum income" and "Should Student not have repaid all, or any, of their loan by the time of retirement, then the loan becomes null-and-void and no payment will be requested." We would also point out that as all loans are means tested it means that those students who are from poorer backgrounds recieve loans equivical to their ability to afford tuition and cost of living. If anything, the current law could be argued to be unfair to students from richer backgrounds as they are required to pay at least a percentage of their education costs. "Most of these students will have to work through college to make ends meet anyways, creating very difficult financial situations." - Show us the data proving this point, and we may reconsider however, as no such data exists, we maintain our position against this costly bill which provides no tangible benefits in improving the educational system. |
| Date | 22:50:21, January 11, 2006 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Equal Education Act |
| Message | OOC: How does one find data for an imaginary game? |
| Date | 22:54:13, January 11, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Equal Education Act |
| Message | OOC: No idea, but I think it would be a fair argument. The L-PU and I have used it against each other on numerous occasions. p.s. The game is real, it's just what happens that's imaginary ;-) |
| Date | 23:00:44, January 11, 2006 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Equal Education Act |
| Message | OOC - There is regional data for some topics but I have a policy of ignoring it as it is randomly generated at present. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 83 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 242 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 75 |
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