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Bill: The No Student Left Behind Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Onafhankelijke Partij voor de Vrijheid
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: September 4177
Description[?]:
| Zie je later, staat opvoeder! (See you later, state educator!) The No Student Left Behind Act aims to make a higher standard of education more available to a wider range of students. In so doing, it looks at reforming the basic structure of the education system in order to widen the role of the private non-profit sector in education provision. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
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 introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Article 3
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 nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Current: Government funding for private schools applies only to charter and religious schools.
Proposed: Only charter schools are given government funding.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 6
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, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
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: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:33:03, March 07, 2017 CET | From |  Onafhankelijke Partij voor de Vrijheid | To | Debating the The No Student Left Behind Act |
| Message | We call on the Crown Party to support this act, which includes important decentralising measures. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 67 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 72 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 86 |
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