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Bill: AFB 004: Nationalised Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Agrarian Citizens' Initiative
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 4413
Description[?]:
| Too much freedom given to the private industry could lead to profit wars. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on political education
Old value:: The Government does not allow any form of 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 2
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 3
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools should not educate students in sexual matters.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Article 4
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 5
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: 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.
Article 6
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:06:09, June 23, 2018 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the AFB 004: Nationalised Education Act |
| Message | There are some pieces of legislation that clash with the ones we've proposed |
| Date | 22:53:46, June 23, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the AFB 004: Nationalised Education Act |
| Message | Liberty cannot support the government taking over education. |
| Date | 01:20:33, June 24, 2018 CET | From | Beluzian Party | To | Debating the AFB 004: Nationalised Education Act |
| Message | "We oppose for many reasons, the main one being that this political education as you call it, will clearly be indoctrination, and the second one being that this will financially ruin the owners of private schools." -Dr Wewecho Pantafloja III, President of Beluzia and part owner of over 20 lucrative for profit private schools. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 603 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 87 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 60 |
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