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Bill: Private Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberālā Savienība
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: August 3952
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, The current ban on private schools is illiberal and unnecessary. Parents who send their children to private schools free up resources in state schools to provide state school children with a better education. So everybody benefits. Arnita Birzkalns Minister of Education & Culture |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: Education is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:17:52, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Progresīvs Partija | To | Debating the Private Education Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker We do not believe in private education, all children should be taught to the same standards as one another. |
| Date | 16:54:51, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Private Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We are puzzled that the "Progressives" think it is fine for parents to allow their children to spend their money on hardcore pornography, yet they think a parent who wants to pay for their child to go to a better school should be banned from doing so. Shame on the "Progressives"! Arnita Birzkalns Minister of Education & Culture |
| Date | 17:05:35, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Progresīvs Partija | To | Debating the Private Education Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker We believe that all children should be taught to the same standards as every other child, money should not hinder or upgrade any child's educational experience at such a young age. Education can decide a child's very future, money should not play a role in that. |
| Date | 17:15:32, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Private Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The Progressives surely know that even within the state educational sector, standards vary. Some schools get very good results and some get very poor results. Despite the efforts that have been made, schools in more deprived areas tend to get poorer results than schools in wealthy areas. So the idea that every school can provide exactly the same level of education is simply implausible. It doesn't work like that. The advantage of private schools is they take some pupils outside of the state sector, so resources can be focussed more on those who remain. Everybody benefits. Arnita Birzkalns Minister of Education & Culture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 422 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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