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Bill: No Student Left Behind
Details
Submitted by[?]: Classical Liberal 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: May 4030
Description[?]:
| The Neo-Democratic proposes this bill of education reforms in the hope of improving the education system of Gaduridos for both those currently in school and for those in the future who will be educated here. The tenets of this bill focus on privatization and strong government regulation. The combination of these principles will allow for both the positive benefits of the free market being allowed to run its course, with the safeguards and quality standards set by strong and sufficient government rules and regulations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Government funding for private schools applies only to charter and religious schools.
Current: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Proposed: Only charter schools are given government funding.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
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 fully subsidizes tuition.
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 Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Proposed: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 6
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; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:35:27, May 15, 2016 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the No Student Left Behind |
| Message | What do the other parties think of this bill? Nina Pelosi Head Representative, NDP |
| Date | 17:52:36, May 15, 2016 CET | From | Conservative Renew | To | Debating the No Student Left Behind |
| Message | Parliamentary leader: Josh Sutipoi MP(S. Vintalli) e are in support.of Article 2 and could possibly support Article 4 however had major grievances on the remaining articles |
| Date | 18:02:19, May 15, 2016 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the No Student Left Behind |
| Message | Can you explain your grievances of each of the articles you take issue with? Nina Pelosi Head Representative, NDP |
| Date | 21:02:24, May 15, 2016 CET | From | Conservative Renew | To | Debating the No Student Left Behind |
| Message | Article 1: the SCP does support funding to religious schools Article 3: We are against government funding toward student loans as it diminishes competition and thus leads us to believe it will cause a increase in tuition cost and college in general Article 4: while we believe that that the role of government in higher education should be diminished we feel the government should provide some subsidies Article 5: public education.should always be free and government ran to ensure everyone can be educarion at the basic k-12 level Article 6: we strongly oppose a one size fits all national curriculum Josh Sutipoi, SCP Parliamentary Leader MP (S.Vintalli) |
| Date | 23:19:42, May 17, 2016 CET | From | The Unified Party | To | Debating the No Student Left Behind |
| Message | Article 1: In favor; The U Party is in favor of cutting gov't funding to all religious education institutions (let it be known to all parties that the U Party has a firm stance on keeping religion out of Government and will not support any use of funds on religious institutions of any sort) as it does not promote the teaching of science and would be counter-productive and hypocritical in promoting diversity and mixture of culture. Request for SCP to broaden their explanation on Article 1. Article 2: In favor Article 3: We believe we should amend this article to: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor. If we do not even the scales we will be vulnerable to many unintended economic consequences if people who come from a low-income family are expected to start paying as soon as they are in a position to better themselves. This system is good in the case of a country that does not suffer from poverty. But sadly that is not the case for any country. We must do what we can to alleviate the risk of increasing inequality and should take heed when thinking about how credit and insurance play a role in our people's lives, as they have many different ways to manage these things. Article 4: Ridiculous. If we do not support higher education Institutions they may fall apart. You cannot risk the future of this country by taking such risks. We DEMAND this be changed. Article 5: We agree with the SCP on this, except that we would ensure that the Nation deserves a K-16 education. Article 6: We agree with SCP but the curriculum should stay non-mandatory so that new teaching methods and a less stressful teaching/learning environment may be achieved to ensure growth and development even in the way we learn as a nation. This is the UP's first vote on an issue and it, to us, exemplifies a view that comes from a place of religion and conservatism rather than from a stance of social understanding or an appreciation of the importance of education. |
| Date | 02:48:46, May 18, 2016 CET | From | Conservative Renew | To | Debating the No Student Left Behind |
| Message | We are in support of taxpayer who want to go to a religious school there tax money should go to these schools instead to a school hey do not attend. Josh Sutipoi, SCP Parliamentary Leader MP (S.Vintalli |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 208 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 174 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 368 |
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