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Bill: Education for All Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Islamic Workers' League
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: January 2187
Description[?]:
| The early years of learning are some of the most important. Private schools are notorious for hiring unqualified teachers. They are not giving Indralan children the education they need. The rich and elite of Indrala now only have private toutors for the children; this is building up the RDP's aristorcacy. It must end! |
Proposals
Article 1
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 maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: 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.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:09:53, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Radical Democratic Party | To | Debating the Education for All Act |
| Message | "The early years of learning are some of the most important." Is that why you want to ruin them with state monopoly and red tape? |
| Date | 00:44:54, February 15, 2006 CET | From | Populist Islamic Workers' League | To | Debating the Education for All Act |
| Message | There is far more red tape in having to have the government wire you money and check to see if you are "poor". Most private schools are not of the same quality as our public schools. |
| Date | 01:29:56, February 15, 2006 CET | From | Radical Democratic Party | To | Debating the Education for All Act |
| Message | Which public schools? They are all private now. OOC: In the RL countries I am aware of (Chile, UK, FL, GA), private schools are, on average, waaaay better than public schools, even though their costs per pupil are lower. |
| Date | 06:18:50, February 15, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Party of Indrala | To | Debating the Education for All Act |
| Message | The problem of finding out whether a family is poor enough to gain benefits is obsolete, as almost all areas that are now private are subsidised for poor families. Do you think we would keep it so a means test is required for every claim? Of course not, if a family is eligable for one subsidy they will be eligable for another. |
| Date | 00:28:11, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Radical Democratic Party | To | Debating the Education for All Act |
| Message | Quite apart of the (nil) merits of this bill, we would appreciate if the RGSP would allow 8 months' debate before sending it to the vote, per the Bill Drafting Guidelines. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 47 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 52 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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