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Bill: School Choice Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand National Party
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: December 4204
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, the best system of schooling is one that is capable of reflecting the diversity of talent, interests and values inherent in the students seeking education. Such a system must be based on competing, yet complementary private schools freed from the shackles of government-imposed uniformity. Lucretia Llewellyn-Evans MLC Leader of the Opposition |
Proposals
Article 1
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: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
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 3
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Current: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:23:32, May 02, 2017 CET | From | Independent Democratic Party (IDP) | To | Debating the School Choice Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Though we are highly against article 1 we do, however, support all the other articles. We are extremely big fans of article 3 and without you including this we would have probably voted against this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 155 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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