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Bill: Education Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Front
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: February 4653
Description[?]:
| To guarantee equal opportunities for all students. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which is advisory only and is not binding on any schools.
Proposed: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: 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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on selective schools
Old value:: Selective schools are allowed.
Current: Selective schools are allowed.
Proposed: Selective schools are not allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:22:20, October 20, 2019 CET | From | Federated Nationalist Parties | To | Debating the Education Reform |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The SF seems hell bent on undoing the system of higher education funding set up by my great grandfather simply for political gain. The means-tested funding for higher education plan set up by the New Liberals and Conservatives over a hundred years ago is as progressive as it comes! Under this bill the state would pay for even the wealthiest among us to go to college or university at no charge to them! How is that equitable?! Why should the state subsidize the education of those who can afford to pay tuition and fees? This is just one of the many issues ARC has with this bill. We ask that our partners in opposition and our friends in the USPH oppose this bill on the grounds that it subsidizes even the wealthiest Hutorians. Jack Selwyn MP for Sutton South ARC Parliamentary Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 329 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 321 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us." - Henrik Tikkanen |