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Bill: Education Omnibus Bill
Details
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: April 2209
Description[?]:
| In the interests of ensuring that all Valruzians get a quality education, we propose the following reforms: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Current: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 3
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:: 18
Current: 16
Proposed: 21
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Current: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Proposed: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:49:23, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Liberal-Conservitives | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | no to 1 and 2. i like three four prehaps. |
| Date | 09:43:10, March 31, 2006 CET | From |  Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | 1: No 2: No 3: No 4: Yes 5: No 6: No 7: No |
| Date | 15:08:15, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Red Front | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | 1: Yes 2: No 3: No 4: No 5: Yes, and filesharing should not be inlegal 6: No 7: No |
| Date | 15:14:20, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Sophian Party for Social Anarchism | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | i'll accept all except 1-3, by the way what do abortions and alcohol have to do with education |
| Date | 17:05:03, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | I can't understand why people would silently allow child porn. Yuk! That really disgusts me. |
| Date | 21:27:49, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Valruzia | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | Only 2 and 5 |
| Date | 22:11:17, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Temujin | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | OOC: Abortion and alcohol have nothing to do with education, but I'm trying to get everyone conflicted on this bill. What can I say, it's politics. IC: In response from the inquiry from the honorable Vitalian Alliance, the Temujin would like to clarify the abortion and alcohol provisions of the Education Omnibus Bill. The deregulation of alcohol is important to students from colleges and universities throughout this nation. The simple fact is that students will and do consume alcohol in violation of current law, and the repurcussions of their lawbreaking often negatively impacts their studies. The deregulation of abortion is also of great importance in improving education. Too many young women across Valruzia have been forced to abandon their studies due to unplanned pregnancies. |
| Date | 08:58:24, April 01, 2006 CET | From | Liberal-Conservitives | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | confusing yes it is. how can you expect to get this to pass? this conflicts with most partys standings. |
| Date | 15:40:22, April 01, 2006 CET | From | Sophian Party for Social Anarchism | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | i would suggest that after your clever political maneuvering that you put these forward seperately to get them passed |
| Date | 18:47:39, April 01, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Valruzia | To | Debating the Education Omnibus Bill |
| Message | Obviously, otherwise he would have split the bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 301 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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