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Bill: The Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Constitution Committee
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: February 4067
Description[?]:
| We'd really like to fix the way in which we build the future of Baltusia. As it stands, there is a real lack of quality and effectiveness in the Baltusian education system. This starts with charter schools, in which there is a total lack of fruitfulness due to restrictive regulations on profit which choke the desire to create quality education for those in amongst our younger generation that need it most. So what can we do? How can we create competition, which in turn leads to lower operating costs and better results for the children? It's simple: we eliminate upper limits on profits. Then, charter schools are free to reinvest profits into the vital service that they provide. We also create the necessary competition to weed out schools that aren't doing their job properly, and, in the process, create the space for increased quality and lower costs to the tax-payer. Let's not stop there, private preschools are also subject to the same restrictive regulations that kill quality and effectiveness that are so important and fostering the growth of our future. State schools are even more so ineffective because we don't have the money to fund them. Our nation is falling behind. So let's extend the aforementioned principle and allow for competition in preschools by completely privatising the preschool system. It wouldn't be fair to the children that go to sleep at night wondering when their next meal is to do that so, let's introduce preschool vouchers that fully cover the cost of a private preschool education for children that parents otherwise wouldn't be able to afford. This doesn't take away from the competitive environment because we won't subsidise education in private schools that don't meet acceptable standards. In fact, this system of vouchers will add to the competitiveness of these preschools. Let's not stop there, let's extend the same system of vouchers to higher education. Yes, this does mean that not everyone will receive higher education subsidies anymore, but, the majority of people don't need our help, so let's divert funding to those who really need it. Let's also lift the restrictions on private elementary and high schools in the country. Let's foster the growth of effective schooling that doesn't burden the taxpayer as much. Again, allowing for competition, lowering costs and raising quality. That's the Baltusian dream. One of the most important parts of this act is that whilst yes, it is important to raise quality and cost by shifting the responsibility of educating the future from the government to specialist companies that know what they're doing and how to do it properly, and yes, it is important to create competition thereby increasing quality and lowering costs, it is equally important to ensure that some regulation still exists as to protect our children from exploitation by the greedy, which is why we're proposing the introduction of a new national curriculum which extends to all schools, private, public or charter so that everyone gets at least a minimum level of education that is considered good, effective and cheap for the benefit of Baltusia, in the future. Sen Will Horncastle, Democratic Party |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 3
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 development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Article 4
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: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
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.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 622 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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