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Bill: P.d.l. 01/4214 Education Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nuova Socialdemocrazia
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: February 4215
Description[?]:
| OOC: Visibility Bill Lorenzo Rosu, Leader of NS: "Parliament of Istalia, my party present a bill to improve even more the quality of our education system, for too long time almost forgotten due to crisis after crisis. Here our proposal to reform our education system aimed to improve equity and opportunity for the new generations, our future. Thank you" |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
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 institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Current: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Current: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Current: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
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.
Article 7
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 made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 8
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 should not educate students in sexual matters.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Current: There is no National Curriculum; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 342 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 105 |
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