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Bill: Local Education Action Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 人民党 (Jinmintō)
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: April 4500
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 20
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
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 provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Current: No forms of direct discipline are allowed.
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
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: Education is a matter of local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which is advisory only and is not binding on any schools.
Current: There is no National Curriculum; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Proposed: There is no National Curriculum; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on selective schools
Old value:: Schools decide on policy regarding pupil selection.
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 | 22:03:12, December 13, 2018 CET | From |  Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Local Education Action Act |
| Message | OOC: Please follow the RP rule |
| Date | 11:24:03, December 14, 2018 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Local Education Action Act |
| Message | We can neither support or oppose this as both the current laws and proposed laws are terrible. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 304 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 78 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 58 |
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| Random quote: "It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual" - Jeremy Bentham |