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Bill: Mordusia Education System 4744
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alliance 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: January 4745
Description[?]:
| The Alliance would like to set out a complete review of the entire system of education in Mordusia. Existing policies are as follows: 1. PRE-SCHOOL: a. The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments 2. EDUCATION SYSTEM: a. There is a free public education system alongside private schools. b. Selective schools are allowed. c. There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow. 3. PRIVATE SCHOOLS: a. Private schools are encouraged as per the existing law - see 2a b. Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever. c. Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus (and receive no funding - as per 3b) d. Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations (with no funding - as per 3b) 4. FURTHER EDUCATION a. The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide. b. The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private. c.The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs. The coaltion has been in discussions concerning possible changes to the above to better suit their policies. However, the Minister for Finance has recently increased the funding of the education system substantially (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=621620) As a result, instead of proposing the subsidy of private pre-schooling for those of lower income, we propose a completely free system of nursery education (while still allowing private ones to flourish) There are two other areas which the Alliance would like to address: A. Religious schools While not wishing to decrease freedom of choice, there is a risk in allowing any religion to set up a school. The Alliance proposes to maintain a list of "recognised" religions - these are free to establish private schools, without funding, and with regulation (future Bill) B. Regulation generally The Alliance proposes that - notwithstanding any lack of reference to the presence or level of regulation stated by the laws of the land - a regulatory body be set up to oversee whatever level and extent of regulation the government of the day wishes to impose (future Bill) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
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 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:33:54, April 20, 2020 CET | From | Alliance Party | To | Debating the Mordusia Education System 4744 |
| Message | Of course, Article 1 is not to be interpreted as meaning that ONLY private higher education is available, because of the other currently existing law which states: "The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide" (4a in the Bill's main description) Similarly, Article 1 is not to be interpreted as meaning that private higher education establishments are regulated, but public ones are not (hence the Bill's statement of intent towards introducing a regulatory body which applies regulation to the ENTIRE education system. In fact, just to reiterate - all pre-school, school and further education establishments (both private and public, of which each sector has BOTH) are ALL to be subject to regulation. Funding is restricted to PUBLIC pre-schools, schools and further education establishments. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 202 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 7 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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