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Bill: Contract with Our Children Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: SLP-Libertarian Alliance
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: March 4159
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker In order to insure our children receive the best education possible, we need to improve the quality of our schools. The best way to do that is through competition. By introducing competition to public schools, we drive the quality of every school up. The laws of the market will insure that we can increase the productivity and efficiency of schools by simply implementing competition. That is why we wish to put forward regulated charter and private schools which will help us to drive our education system forward. Alan Calderon Alliance Shadow Education Minister |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Only charter schools are given government funding.
Current: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Proposed: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
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: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:33:19, January 30, 2017 CET | From | National Socialist Worker's Party (NSWP) | To | Debating the Contract with Our Children Act |
| Message | How will allowing corporations to teach our children improve their education?...we will oppose |
| Date | 01:20:50, January 30, 2017 CET | From | SLP-Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Contract with Our Children Act |
| Message | Did you pay attention to our argument, or were you too busy fantasizing about nuking other countries to pay attention? What we're proposing is the introduction of competition into the education system. Did you also miss the word "regulated" or were you fantasizing about banning the stupid foreigners again? We regulate the schools and only give them grants if they meet curriculum requirements on the proposed case by case basis. Not to mention that the law already requires charters to be non-profit and if the parents deem the school inappropriate, they can switch to a different school. What we're offering is choice in our children's education, rather than some state-monopoly. I also enjoy how the Assemblyman just asks a rhetorical question and says no, rather than actually debating the points raised. Assemblymen Alan Calderon Alliance Shadow Education Minister |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 158 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 391 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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