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Bill: Education Act II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party - Liberty Caucus
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: September 4448
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Only charter schools are given government funding.
Current: All private schools, even for-profit private schools, are given government funding.
Proposed: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is entirely voluntary.
Proposed: Education is entirely voluntary.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:27:56, September 01, 2018 CET | From | National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the Education Act II |
| Message | We agree to the first and third proposals but are absolutely opposed to the second. Education must be compulsory. If it were voluntary, our nation is almost guaranteed to lack in both skilled workers and a literate populace. Therefore we vote against this bill, and highly encourage others to do so. |
| Date | 22:16:23, September 01, 2018 CET | From | Republican Party - Liberty Caucus | To | Debating the Education Act II |
| Message | Compulsory, Why? Do you doubt the abilities of individuals to educate themselves without the intervention of the government? The state only wish to create regimented pupils as opposed to free thinkers with necessary amount of knowledge and a good work ethic. I would encourage other parties to vote in favour of this if they value individual rights and voluntary associations |
| Date | 06:24:51, September 02, 2018 CET | From | Republican Party - Nationalists | To | Debating the Education Act II |
| Message | We support Article 1 - we should be focusing on strengthening our public schools instead of funneling precious funds to our charter schools, and we would support a bill containing this resolution to go forward. But we cannot support abdicating our responsibility to make sure every Baltusian child is educated, and we cannot leave industrious Baltusians with less money in the dust. This creates a system where the rich unfairly gain ground at the expense of the common Baltusian! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 20 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 188 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
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| Random quote: "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." - Mother Teresa |