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Bill: Education Reform Act of 4121
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党)
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: January 4122
Description[?]:
| This act will change the education system so that high quality cheap education can be accessible and affordable to even the poorest people without to much government influence and intervention. The most important part of this act includes the voucher system and widespread use of charter schools and the replacement of government owned schools with private and charter schools. |
Proposals
Article 1
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; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Proposed: There is no National Curriculum; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: 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.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 3
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, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 20
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: No forms of direct discipline are allowed.
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:47:55, November 04, 2016 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | Private schooling systems are allowed to operate alongside a public system for those in need of support. There does not seem to be an advantage to this proposed bill. For example, Article 10, allowing local schools to choose sex education, will lead to some conservative districts increase unwanted pregnancy levels. Additionally, Article 8 is a disgrace. Teachers may never physically abuse their students. |
| Date | 11:23:23, November 04, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | The localization of the schooling system is better because it gives local communities the ability to choose what's best for their community gives parents more power and choice in what they can do for their children and gets the federal level of government out of the lives of people who don't want it. We would not agree with your assessment on Article 10. Article 8 doesn't necessarily support discipline in that manner our party just thinks it's better left to the local governments and the people in those communities to decide. A people free to choose will always choose what's best. |
| Date | 11:26:38, November 04, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | A bunch of bureaucrats don't understand the lives of many of local communities all over Sekowo where as the representives of those individual communities will be able to do more for their people, especially the parents and their children. The voucher system will cover the costs of schooling as well |
| Date | 01:11:01, November 08, 2016 CET | From | 天下党 (Party Under Heaven) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | Aren't those representatives bureaucrats as well. |
| Date | 22:19:05, November 09, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | Bureaucrats are ordinary non elected government employees actually. Representatives are elected officials. |
| Date | 21:32:16, November 11, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | Would you support this bill now? |
| Date | 00:27:06, November 14, 2016 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | No, because we need public and private institutions alongside. We are okay with private schools having much more freedom, not completely removing the public system. |
| Date | 14:22:23, November 16, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | The voucher system will cover the costs of private school for those that cannot afford it making public education not necessary but there are also charter schools for those they may still not be able to afford private necessarily. Although everyone should be able to afford it under this plan |
| Date | 17:47:59, November 16, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 4121 |
| Message | If you vote no that is fine you should always stay true to your party's principles and stand up for what you believe in. Even if we believe it is wrong we respect that and the people of Sekowo will as well |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 233 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 207 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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