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Bill: PdM 1.5: "Local Money, Local Control - Local Scholars Initiative" - Education Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Militärregierung - Alte Kämpfergruppe
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 4352
Description[?]:
"Local Money, Local Control: Local Scholars Initiative" Article I: All public pre-school, primary, and secondary education shall be placed under local/provincial control. However, the national government shall provide funding to schools and facilities of no more than 1/3 of the cost to educate a pupil, to be determined by a "head count" of students in each school/facility during the third week of schooling of a new academic year. Article II: The policies regarding private schools and facilities shall be placed under the local/provincial control, with the exception of Article III. Article III: The national government shall reserve the right to determine and enforce all or part of a National Curriculum for all schools and facilities, public or private. The national government reserves the right to intervene in all schools or facilities, public or private, that fail to adhere to or enforce the relevant portions of the national curriculum. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Education is a matter of local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Article 4
Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
Head of Government | 767,500,000 DUM | 2,790,000,000 DUM | 2,790,000,000 DUM |
Foreign Affairs | 14,000,000,000 DUM | 14,000,000,000 DUM | 14,000,000,000 DUM |
Internal Affairs | 74,537,500,023 DUM | 39,000,000,000 DUM | 39,000,000,000 DUM |
Finance | 13,000,000,005 DUM | 19,900,000,000 DUM | 19,900,000,000 DUM |
Defence | 100,600,000,000 DUM | 100,800,000,000 DUM | 100,800,000,000 DUM |
Justice | 40,125,000,012 DUM | 45,500,000,000 DUM | 45,500,000,000 DUM |
Infrastructure and Transport | 96,250,000,025 DUM | 64,800,000,000 DUM | 64,800,000,000 DUM |
Health and Social Services | 189,050,000,048 DUM | 143,700,000,000 DUM | 143,700,000,000 DUM |
Education and Culture | 243,000,000,000 DUM | 123,700,000,000 DUM | 41,233,333,333 DUM |
Science and Technology | 98,000,000,020 DUM | 64,800,000,000 DUM | 64,800,000,000 DUM |
Food and Agriculture | 37,200,000,010 DUM | 43,000,000,000 DUM | 43,000,000,000 DUM |
Environment and Tourism | 46,900,000,010 DUM | 41,000,000,000 DUM | 41,000,000,000 DUM |
Trade and Industry | 67,000,000,000 DUM | 81,900,000,000 DUM | 81,900,000,000 DUM |
Total | 1,020,430,000,153 DUM | 784,890,000,000 DUM | 702,423,333,333 DUM |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:10:00, February 21, 2018 CET | From | Militärregierung - Alte Kämpfergruppe | To | Debating the PdM 1.5: "Local Money, Local Control - Local Scholars Initiative" - Education Policy |
Message | We figured that the NLP would appreciate our federalization of education to local governments. |
Date | 21:11:52, February 21, 2018 CET | From | Militärregierung - Alte Kämpfergruppe | To | Debating the PdM 1.5: "Local Money, Local Control - Local Scholars Initiative" - Education Policy |
Message | The whole lynchpin of the PdM reinvestment policy is built around reducing funding to education. It is paramount that this is passed. What objections do the other parties hold? |
Date | 21:12:30, February 21, 2018 CET | From | Militärregierung - Alte Kämpfergruppe | To | Debating the PdM 1.5: "Local Money, Local Control - Local Scholars Initiative" - Education Policy |
Message | Make that "reducing education at the federal level, and giving it to local responsibility". |
Date | 17:03:39, February 22, 2018 CET | From | Volks Sozialistische Partei Dundorfs | To | Debating the PdM 1.5: "Local Money, Local Control - Local Scholars Initiative" - Education Policy |
Message | transferring education to the local level will result in drastic differences in the level of teaching between regions, probably not the point. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 277 | |||
no | Total Seats: 228 | |||
abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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