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Bill: Education Quality Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Austonean Social Democrats
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: January 4292
Description[?]:
Promoting educational standards |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on political education
Old value:: The Government has no specific policy on political education.
Current: The Government has no specific policy on political education.
Proposed: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive an advanced political education.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is no National Curriculum; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are fully exempt
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: All private schools, even for-profit private schools, are given government funding.
Current: Only religious schools receive government funding.
Proposed: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Article 5
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 introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on internet service providers (ISPs).
Old value:: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Current: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Proposed: The state owns and operates a national internet service provider, alongside private ISPs.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 23:18:43, October 19, 2017 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Education Quality Act |
Message | This bill takes solid steps towards improving our educational system. Support. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 750 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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