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Bill: Egamacation......
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
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: August 2203
Description[?]:
| Our citizens are going to get dumber. By creating a profit motive for schools, we will generate more and better teachers, smarter children, and a more competitive workforce. Plus, we give so little funding to schools, our schools are terrible....thanks to the Minister of Finance. If you want public education, you raise taxes and give more money, I was MoF in Kalistan, and had an annual budget of almost 300 billion for education; increased from 120 billion during my time there. We don't have the funds to compete with all the other private universities, so why should we piss our money away???? |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:26:45, March 19, 2006 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Egamacation...... |
| Message | We are sympathetic to the broad aims of these proposals, though we would like to see more done to ensure the poorest families are given the opportunities to take advantage of private sector education. We would like to see Article 3 substituted for: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 10:53:14, March 21, 2006 CET | From | Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Egamacation...... |
| Message | I thank the Republicans for taking on board our amendment. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 272 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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