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Bill: Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cosmopolitan 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: March 4213
Description[?]:
| INFLUENCE first attempts to establish and/or regulate the function of charter schools to allow more visible growth in the youth. Second, it provides funding for higher education. This can be accomplished by a change to the country's policy of national service, now allowing exemption if money is given to the government (which will go directly to higher education subsidies). This growth in our country's education system is a crucial step in emerging from the global financial crisis as an improved nation with valuable infrastructure, ready to lead the way intellectually into the future. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Article 2
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 tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military, but can shorten their term/forego it completely by paying a certain amount of money.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:15:55, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Fatherland Front | To | Debating the Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act |
| Message | Take articles 3 and 4 out and we will support it non negotiable. |
| Date | 16:23:27, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Wind of Change | To | Debating the Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act |
| Message | We don't points one, four and five. The first one because national service or is compulsory or not, but that people who can pay money to avoid it o make it shorter is unfair, that will benefit rich people. We like article 3 and respecting the 4 and 5 we think that religious school are a backwardness for our modern Education. |
| Date | 16:24:21, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Wind of Change | To | Debating the Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act |
| Message | Today, we would vote no |
| Date | 16:33:22, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Fatherland Front | To | Debating the Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act |
| Message | I meant 4 and 5 religious anything and we are against it. |
| Date | 21:17:06, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Cosmopolitan Party | To | Debating the Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act |
| Message | I will remove articles 4 and 5 regarding religious schools, but I think article one is necessary to provide additional funding to the government in a time when we will already run a deficit, especially considering that the money is going directly to funding higher education. |
| Date | 21:27:45, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Wind of Change | To | Debating the Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act |
| Message | Ok, but after the crisis that should be removed because point 1 is not fair for the common people, national service ,for everybody or for no one. |
| Date | 21:41:36, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Cosmopolitan Party | To | Debating the Infrastructure and National Funding of Local and University Education, Netting Conspicuous Emergence (INFLUENCE) Act |
| Message | Understood. We will repeal article one after the financial crisis has passed and the government has more financial wiggle room to accommodate for the increase in education spending. I don't necessarily want it in place either, but it is necessary right now to help the government budget. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 155 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 214 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
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