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Bill: Higher Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lutte Féministe de Libération
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 2220
Description[?]:
| The poor children of our nation must be given the opportunity to escape poverty through education at the higher level. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:23:36, April 26, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party of Rildanor | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | As the newly appointed Fiance Minister, I can proudly announce that the treasury is preapered to fund this scheme. OOC: I know the budget bits aren't working yet, but it'll be fun to meddle with the budget. :-) |
| Date | 04:55:32, April 26, 2006 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | And if the nation's hits a recession? Students will be expecting too much when such a time comes when we cannot afford it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 283 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 281 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 186 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." H. L. Mencken |