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Bill: Schools Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Party
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 3984
Description[?]:
| Article 1: A) Charter schools hereby refer to schools that deal with special educational needs. Article 3: A) Funding only applies to the aforementioned special educational needs schools. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Current: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Proposed: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:03:34, February 13, 2016 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Schools Act |
| Message | Article 1: A) Charter schools hereby refer to schools that deal with special educational needs. Article 3: A) Funding only applies to the aforementioned special educational needs schools. |
| Date | 15:51:43, February 13, 2016 CET | From | Hutamale Hut Hut Tamale Parking Ticket | To | Debating the Schools Act |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker, We are not opposed to Article 1, but Article 2 and Article 3 wont be beneficial to Hutorians. Article 2 will create a two-tier nursery system. The rich will enjoy the best private nurseries simply because they can afford to send their children there, meanwhile the poor will not be able to access these nurseries. This is an unfair policy. Article 3 contradicts itself completely. What is the point of privatising something and then have the state subsidising it anyway?" - Senator Uki Yakone, PPAH Leader |
| Date | 17:45:38, February 13, 2016 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Schools Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The honourable gentleman expresses his approval. I do believe my eyes deceive me. Oh. Nevermind, he only agrees by a third. Let us once more delve into the titillating world of explaining simple things to the honourable gentleman.\r\n\r\nHe disagrees with article two. He states: "Article 2 will create a two-tier nursery system. The rich will enjoy the best private nurseries simply because they can afford to send their children there, meanwhile, the poor will not be able to access these nurseries. This is an unfair policy" to which I respond as follows: Would the honourable gentleman say that this is really unfair? It is not as if the poorer strata of our society are being left behind. They have access to one of the best state education systems in the world. It is only fair that those who can afford beyond what is provided by the state, which might I add is already substantially good, can seek to utilise what is beyond the state level. \r\n\r\nThe honourable gentleman is infuriating, apparently he represents the worker. Yakone, the orange paint isn\'t fooling anyone. Let me tell him now, that the worker under the Democratic-Republican party is a hell of a lot better off than the worker under the "People\'s" party. Under our system they have the right to social mobility, to earn their way in life, to work for themselves, their children, their future, their house, their healthcare, their schooling. Under you Yakone, they are entitled to nothing but poverty. Show me under your system where a worker may start his own factory, show me under your system where an ambitious woman may start her own business, show me under your system where man is free and not enslaved to the state. How dare you! You\'d rather have it that the worker be taxed up to his ears! This system will work fine, for all classes in our society. The poor will still be entitled to the safety net of state education whilst the market for nurseries will be open for business. \r\n\r\nAnd he dares to call us contradictory when he himself criticises our "failed" economic policy when his did event impress voters! You know why it didn't impress them Yakone? Because it wouldn\'t benefit them. Article 3 is not contradictory at all. We plan to allow for a safe special educational needs environment by permitting the opening of non-profit charter schools run by organisations that know about the specific needs of their students. Yes, we'll subsidise these schools because no disabled student should have to pay for his education. This doesn't mean that a blind boy should be subjected to the terror he may face in the loud halls of a state school, nor does it mean that an autistic girl should be subjected to the same audio-visual stimuli that would cause her to become agitated and distressed. This means that tailor-made environments should be created and subsidised for these children that are if necessary, separate from mainstream schooling environments. Any opposition calls for the proliferation of the distress of the aforementioned arguments. We need to help the vulnerable members of our society, not punish them. |
| Date | 17:46:07, February 13, 2016 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Schools Act |
| Message | (OOC: In addition to the above) ~ President Enitter |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 212 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 38 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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