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Bill: The Educational Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican 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: July 2067
Description[?]:
| Two reforms designed to make a more moderate, open educational system. The first puts a little bit of control of colleges into government hands, but leaves it up the locals. The second tries to balance private schools with public schools in order to achieve market equality and provide for the common good. If you compare the effects of these two bills to the educational system as a whole, it makes no sense to have no aid for college, but nearly socialized education for K-12 schooling, this act will put more moderation into the education system and will give families and children more choices. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: 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.
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: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:17:11, June 10, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | We'll support this. |
| Date | 11:27:11, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | Wow, i had'nt noticed that higher education option. Yes, we will also support. |
| Date | 14:20:16, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | K-12??? |
| Date | 15:39:01, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | We definitely support the first, but why do you want to change the second one? |
| Date | 19:06:24, June 11, 2005 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | Primary Schooling is K-12, RWLP. The second one is needed to put more choice into the primary system as well as keep the public schools more in line by the market, and not having to regulate them personally. If the public schools are as good as they were when I went through them, then they will win -- but people need the choice. Parents, children, families need the choice. |
| Date | 06:50:21, June 12, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | Are we Talking British Public and Private Schools Here? |
| Date | 19:06:50, June 12, 2005 CET | From | SDP | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | I cannot agree with this. |
| Date | 02:48:11, June 13, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | The decrease in regulation on private schools should ease the burden on our educational budget, freeing up more money to operate our public school system and make it more effective. |
| Date | 18:07:54, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | i am also confused about the term public school. Here, it is more or less like a private school, wheras i understand elsewhere it is what we brits would call a state school. |
| Date | 18:21:42, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | Likaton Future Party has a great point as well. |
| Date | 23:24:18, June 13, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | OOC: In the US, a public school is any school that doesn't charge tuition. They are usually, but not necessarily, government funded. I assume that's different from Britain? |
| Date | 10:59:43, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | Yes LPE id heard a Brit Public School is Private and v/v! Wheres here we have Public(Government Owned) and Private(Owned by the board but must comform to National Regulations and Teachings)! What is what? |
| Date | 13:14:17, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | OOC: Yeah, a private school is the same thing as in the US, but we call the most prominent private schools public schools. This is stupid, but it is because the oldest private schools were set up as an alternative to private tutors for the children of the rich, hence 'public' - anybody could attend, if they had the money. So what the US calls public schools (non paying, government funded) we call State schools, to avoid confusion with these old private schools. But that is stupidly complicated, so we should probably stick to the US terms. |
| Date | 06:39:06, June 15, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | We'll support as well |
| Date | 20:40:12, June 15, 2005 CET | From | SDP | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | Can't agree with Article 1 |
| Date | 07:45:13, June 16, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the The Educational Reform |
| Message | Cant understand! From now on Public=Government Associated Private=Freelance but must conform to Regulations |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 173 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 27 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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