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Bill: Defence Of The Tutor Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Tory Party
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 2201
Description[?]:
| To become DOTA, hopefully XP |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:16:18, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | XP? |
| Date | 12:33:46, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | It's meant to be a silly toungue-sticking-out face...Either that, or you can interpret it as an attempt at a chi-rho... |
| Date | 13:47:46, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | How exactly does this defend tutors? |
| Date | 14:52:54, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | By legalising home schooling... |
| Date | 14:59:57, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | So: you want to "defend" professionally qualified tutors (teachers) by allowing parents to put them out of work by not using schools? |
| Date | 15:07:50, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | No, I want to defend them by giving them the right to not have to deal with classrooms packed with screaming children throwing things at them etc etc ad nauseam... |
| Date | 17:44:03, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | Okay. That's why we allow schools to set their own discipline regimes. |
| Date | 18:39:26, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Defence Of The Tutor Bill |
| Message | Nonetheless, I don't see the point in disallowing parents a wider choice. Furthermore, we disallow corporal punishment in this country, which greatly reduces the effectiveness of discipline, whether you approve of such measures or not. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 132 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 92 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 526 |
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