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Bill: Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Socialist Party (RDL)
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 2192
Description[?]:
| A Libertarian educational system, freedom of access and freedom from compulsion. We call for withdrwal from the International Treaty on the rights of the child as we believe that it's first section, which requires compulsory education, restricts rather than protects the rights of young people. We believe that if we provide a high quality free education system offering people learning opportunities throughout life then compulsion in eduction is not necessarry. Forcing people to study is counterproductive, we should aim to create a system whereby young people learn to actively seek out the knowledge they need or want rather than be forced to learn what we think they need to. |
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: 18
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 private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: 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.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 5
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: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: No forms of direct discipline are allowed.
Article 6
Withdraw from the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2073.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 64 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 473 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 63 |
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