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Bill: The Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Progressives
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: December 4407
Description[?]:
| The Education Reform Act leaves local governments to decide upon education policy, taking away the power of the central government to enforce their opinions. It also allows privatisation of certain educational sectors. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
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 private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
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 requires all secondary school students to receive a basic political education.
Current: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive an advanced political education.
Proposed: The Government leaves political education policy to local governments.
Article 6
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 never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on selective schools
Old value:: Selective schools are not allowed.
Current: Selective schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Local governments decide policy regarding selective schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:04:06, June 08, 2018 CET | From | Lodamun Labour Party | To | Debating the The Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The LLP opposses this liberalization of our education. We would like the opinion of the minister of education on this matter. Finley Carter, LLP MP |
| Date | 08:17:37, June 09, 2018 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the The Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, as educating our people is a important issue, we should centralize the core business as much as possible. This means that the federal government should decide where we are going to with our education plans. Decentralizing our educational system might cause certain regions to overstress certain aspects of education and could cause a problem on the long run. LNC obviously opposes to this bill. Ahmad Roose Minister of Education |
| Date | 06:55:57, June 10, 2018 CET | From | Lodamese Democratic Progressive Party | To | Debating the The Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Our party agrees with the education minister's reasoning and will oppose this bill. However we would like to add that we are in agreement with the article on the national anthem in schools. If that were to be in its own proposal, we would throw our support behind it. Trevor Takon, NGPoL MP |
| Date | 23:10:31, June 11, 2018 CET | From | Progressive Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The PSP agrees with its colleagues from the NGPoL, LNC and LLP that education is a policy matter for the central government. We also agree with the NGPoL on article 6, so if this was to be introduced seperately, it will have our support. Phileus Grant Education Spokesperson PSP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 108 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 491 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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