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Bill: Education Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberale Partei
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 4767
Description[?]:
| We need to reform our education system; it is broken. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on selective schools
Old value:: Local governments decide policy regarding selective schools.
Current: Selective schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Selective schools are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on political education
Old value:: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive a political education that is biased towards the government.
Current: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive a basic political education.
Proposed: The Government requires all secondary school students to receive a basic political education.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:40:29, June 04, 2020 CET | From | Liberale Partei | To | Debating the Education Reform Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We are enacting a wide reform of schools. First of all, we are removing the socialism from schools; children should not be forced to sing the national anthem in school, as if we live in some dictatorship, nor should they receive an education telling them how great the government is. That is for them to decide. We are also stopping the subsidation of university fees. This is because what subsidised university means is that people who have never had a chance to go to university are paying for strangers to go there. Is that fair? No. We are also allowing selective schools. We think these are a good way of allowing smart pupils who can't pay for private schools to be allowed to go to a school where their abilities will be recognised. However, we don't think their curriculum should be that much different from comprehensive schools, otherwise children there will feel like they are second class students. So we will let selective schools open, but must continue to treat all students with fairness. - Alun Iowerth MP PC, Minister for Education and Culture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 350 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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