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Bill: Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A
Details
Submitted by[?]: Malivianese Militarist Party
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: December 2189
Description[?]:
| It is agreed: Discipline levels are set by schools. Sexual Education is a choice left to the schools. Private higher education must meet national standards. The cumpulsory education age is reduced to 16. So ordered by the Assembly. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 21
Current: 16
Proposed: 16
Article 2
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 allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: No forms of direct discipline are allowed.
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:19:08, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | Article 1: 16 is too low, 18 is acceptable. We don't feel 12 years of education are really adequate for a proper education. Article 2: Acceptable. Article 3: Acceptable. Article 4: No, striking children isn't something we can allow. While it enforces strict discipline, it just teaches them that violence is a way to solve problems. |
| Date | 12:22:34, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | We would also like to point out that Article 4 is in conflict the the Treaty for Children's Rights, which Malivia is on the verge of ratifying. |
| Date | 23:41:48, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | If ratified, we will remove article 4. What does the SDP think of lowering the age to 17? |
| Date | 23:45:50, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | Since the Children's Rights Treaty was not ratified, we will exchange the removal of Article 4 with the age lowered to 17. |
| Date | 11:36:35, February 19, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | We still believe 18 is as low as we should go. A year is a lot in educational terms. |
| Date | 18:37:57, February 19, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | We agree, however a year is also a lot in a person's life, especially in rural locations where hands are needed. Keep in mind that students are not forced to drop out, they merely have the option. We believe that 17 year olds have reached the maturity level to make such a serious decision and know that many will not drop out as an education is much too valuable. For those that do decide to drop out, they are most likely the trouble makers in the schools so their loss is more of a victory. |
| Date | 16:43:30, February 20, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | Malivia isn't a rural country. Most of it's population is situated in large cities along the coastlines. The central part of Malivia is too mountainous for agriculture. |
| Date | 01:49:25, February 21, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | Who said anything about agriculture? We were referring to cattle herds, goat herds, etc. |
| Date | 02:30:53, February 21, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | And the lowering of the required age would result in people dropping out to work the herds not becuase they want to but becasue they need to. We should be encouraging more education, to continue our progress into the future, rather then keeping Malivia in the dark ages, |
| Date | 17:15:28, February 21, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | The Malivianese people value education plain and simple. What is so different with 17 than 18? They are just arbitrary numbers. Since a compromise was not reached, we will be sending the whole thing to a vote. |
| Date | 18:40:53, February 21, 2006 CET | From | Free Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | Sex education must not be deregulated. However, we will vote for most of the bill because it is in line with our vision. We will return to the matter of sex education at a later point. |
| Date | 19:55:37, February 21, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act of 2187 Part A |
| Message | We thank the FPA for their support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 83 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 178 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 40 |
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