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Bill: Creation of a Public System of Higher Education
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition for Unity and Prosperity
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: October 3932
Description[?]:
| Citizens should be free to learn from childhood until old age. The National Government can better provide the institutions necessary to realize this. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 3
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 introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:52:58, November 03, 2015 CET | From | Bailonese Council Communist Party (BCCP) | To | Debating the Creation of a Public System of Higher Education |
| Message | Your attempts at decentralization are despicable. Our party votes against this bill. |
| Date | 05:31:04, November 04, 2015 CET | From | Coalition for Unity and Prosperity | To | Debating the Creation of a Public System of Higher Education |
| Message | My attempts at "decentralization" are neither despicable nor existent. |
| Date | 05:33:30, November 04, 2015 CET | From | Coalition for Unity and Prosperity | To | Debating the Creation of a Public System of Higher Education |
| Message | The CUP strongly urges you to petition your Local Government for more academic resources. In this case a simple thesaurus would suffice. |
| Date | 14:09:57, November 04, 2015 CET | From | Bailonese Council Communist Party (BCCP) | To | Debating the Creation of a Public System of Higher Education |
| Message | Correction, centralization. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 251 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 499 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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