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Bill: Reform of education system
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democrats
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: October 3928
Description[?]:
| Solentia needs to develop a new education system for Our people! Our GDP allows us to create a great schooling system for everyone! Equality and general accessibility! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are fully exempt
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Current: Schools should not educate students in sexual matters.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: Books may only be obtained through private dealers.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Article 6
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 fully subsidizes tuition.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:29:48, October 26, 2015 CET | From |  Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Reform of education system |
| Message | Even if this passes, we still won't have public schools, so what is the use? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 289 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 136 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| 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: "Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies." - H. L. Mencken |