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Bill: Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic Alliance
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: December 4628
Description[?]:
This bill is to democratize the education system in Solentia. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is entirely voluntary.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 2
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 does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Current: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: The funding of private schools is the responsibility of local governments.
Current: Only religious schools receive government funding.
Proposed: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Article 5
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.
Article 6
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 government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Article 7
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 does not require secondary school students to receive a political education, but actively encourages it.
Debate
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Vote | Seats | |
yes |
Total Seats: 745 | |
no | Total Seats: 0 | |
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
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