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Bill: The Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Populist Party
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: July 4045
Description[?]:
| To provide for quality education. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
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 The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:17:03, June 16, 2016 CET | From | National Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Education Act |
| Message | Teacher s may use counselling of students as one of the methods, any kind of harsh punishment as negative effects. |
| Date | 16:56:37, June 16, 2016 CET | From | Elitist Party | To | Debating the The Education Act |
| Message | Damned lefties! Who do you think you are!? |
| Date | 01:48:38, June 17, 2016 CET | From | Progressive Populist Party | To | Debating the The Education Act |
| Message | We would rather not have children's mental and physical health put into jeopardy by their teachers, no matter how well-intentioned they may be. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 251 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 499 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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