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Bill: Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Demokrata Partio
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: February 3963
Description[?]:
| We propose reforming education. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Government funding for private schools applies only to charter and religious schools.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which is advisory only and is not binding on any schools.
Current: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Article 3
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 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.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Charter schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Current: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:03:40, January 04, 2016 CET | From |  Konservativa Respublikano Parti | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | "Once again, the NSF is attempting to get its way on wedding religion and state together. Not only that, its seeking to increase the financial burden on the state by expanding the pre-school system. We cannot afford this. Our national deficit is vast as is, and this bill will make it far, far worse." -Paĉjo Jones, KRP Shadow Minister for Education and Culture |
| Date | 04:04:47, January 04, 2016 CET | From | Demokrata Partio | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Jones, Debt is a bourgeois invention. If the KRP would not blockade bills then we'd appropriate the necessary funds in a heartbeat. |
| Date | 04:05:06, January 04, 2016 CET | From | Demokrata Partio | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | And by appropriate we mean looting the looters. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 256 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 192 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 52 |
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