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Bill: School Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Íhaldssamt Trúflokkurinn
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: November 4333
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 2
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:: 18
Current: 18
Proposed: 16
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 5
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 an advanced political education.
Proposed: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive a basic political education.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:15:18, January 14, 2018 CET | From | Fólk Partí (FP) | To | Debating the School Reform |
| Message | "I would like CFU to explain the article about political education. What would the implications be? Are we talking about teaching the kids about diffrent ideologies and how our political system is built? I give CFU the benefit of the doubt here, I'm sure it is not ment to be some sort of indoctrination." James McGregor (Chairman of DPT) when asked about the reform in a news article |
| Date | 19:09:12, January 14, 2018 CET | From | Íhaldssamt Trúflokkurinn | To | Debating the School Reform |
| Message | Correct. We need our citizens to understand how our democracy works. It is not for political indoctrination |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 157 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 244 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 99 |
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