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Bill: Modern Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unionist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 4241
Description[?]:
| A bill to reform education across Talmoria |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Education For All.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
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 fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
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: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 5
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 no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:05:50, July 13, 2017 CET | From |  Jacobus | To | Debating the Modern Education Bill |
| Message | We oppose this bill, as we have presented our own education localisation bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 107 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 182 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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