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Bill: Higher Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom 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: November 2066
Description[?]:
| This will establish that the government will at the present time set about establishing and maintaining a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide. Due to the cost of higher education on families and recognising that it may put off those without the means to pay, the government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 2
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 subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:25:23, June 10, 2005 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | What do you think? |
| Date | 18:06:57, June 10, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | For the first article, I prefer "The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide." and for the second article I prefer "The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor." |
| Date | 18:09:54, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | I was thinking something like that too |
| Date | 18:17:43, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | Why have primary and secondary education private but higher education state run? Why the inconsistency? |
| Date | 18:19:13, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | There is no option i am afraid If there was, i would of put it to that. I have highlighted this on the forum to try and get it resolved. |
| Date | 22:50:32, June 12, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | Are we happy with how it stands at the moment? |
| Date | 22:53:13, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | It looks like I have no choice but to accept. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 247 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 52 |
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