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Bill: Education Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Humanist 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: January 4554
Description[?]:
| As the future of our nation the children and young people of this nation should receive the help and support they need in order to gain a meaningful education and fulfilling job which is beneficial to them as well as our republic, we also believe that the youth in our nation deserve to be better informed of how our government works and that, our very young, have the right to an education in basic mathematics, reading comprehension and social skills. We also believe that those who find themselves imprisoned should have the chance to better their lives through education and gain qualifications to better assist in leading a law-abiding lifestyle. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
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 does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Proposed: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Article 3
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 introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are fully exempt
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on political education
Old value:: The Government has no specific policy on political education.
Current: The Government has no specific policy on political education.
Proposed: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive a basic political education.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 50 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 50 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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