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Bill: Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social-Nationalist 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: August 4205
Description[?]:
| We must bring education in-line with our national ideologies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is entirely voluntary.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Current: Education is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which is advisory only and is not binding on any schools.
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.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: All private schools, even for-profit private schools, are given government funding.
Current: All private schools, even for-profit private schools, are given government funding.
Proposed: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 600 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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