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Bill: e1a
Details
Submitted by[?]: Stanton House
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: December 4311
Description[?]:
e1a |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Article 3
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:: 16
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on political education
Old value:: The Government has no specific policy on political education.
Current: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive a basic political education.
Proposed: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive a basic political education.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
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 nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: All private schools, even for-profit private schools, are given government funding.
Current: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Proposed: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
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 entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 16:23:54, December 01, 2017 CET | From | Stanton House | To | Debating the e1a |
Message | if vote no why? |
Date | 16:56:08, December 01, 2017 CET | From | Beluzian Party | To | Debating the e1a |
Message | Because you did not even put a bill description good enough to read! |
Date | 01:03:01, December 02, 2017 CET | From | United Party | To | Debating the e1a |
Message | “We agree with a massive amount of these bills, some we can negotiate on at a later date but the current articles have enough approval for us to vote yes.” |
Date | 20:01:58, December 02, 2017 CET | From | Republican Renewal Party | To | Debating the e1a |
Message | This bill is far too restrictive on private education and related areas, the state is not always the solution. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 431 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 319 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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