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Bill: Free Education BIll
Details
Submitted by[?]: First Socialist 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: May 2070
Description[?]:
| We believe that the government should fully subsidise education at public universities, to further promote a knowledge nation. Amendment: A minimum of 50% of university places for any particular course/subject shall be fully subsidised. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:59:36, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Federation | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | Backed |
| Date | 07:13:00, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | Fully supported. |
| Date | 08:53:29, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Kellarly Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | Certainly backed. |
| Date | 09:59:03, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Ruthlessly Random Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | While I would be for this measure with all my heart, have you considered the drain on our resources? While students go on to study the great footballer Geremiah Esteban of Falistan, not so many are going into Medecine. I think a scholarship scheme encouraging the er..more useful courses like politics, medecine, law, dentistry, engineering would be better, and less expensive. Curtis Barnes, Economy Minister. ooc: note that was ic before any ooc comments. |
| Date | 10:15:35, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Kellarly Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | I certainly agree with what you have said to a certain extent, I am wondering however, if this Bill passes, what incentives can we offer to encourage students to take the courses that you suggest? |
| Date | 10:47:43, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Christian Liberal Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | Backed |
| Date | 11:19:50, June 21, 2005 CET | From |  First Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | Actually, I think schemes encouraging Nursing and Teaching would be better. Increasing the number of places in more 'useful' areas should solve that problem however. |
| Date | 11:22:04, June 21, 2005 CET | From | First Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | The other point is, this does not eliminate the possibility of setting quotas on the number of fully paid spots at university, which of course will be academically chosen. Then having a number of partially subsidised and no-subsidy spots will lessen the strain on our resources. As long as at least 50% of spots are fully subsidised. I will change the bill to reflect that. |
| Date | 11:23:37, June 21, 2005 CET | From | First Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | And of course then the more 'useful' courses will have higher percentages of fully subsidised spots. |
| Date | 11:25:27, June 21, 2005 CET | From | stopped | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | Whe agree with the SP. Also whe do not think you can say some jobs or more usefull then others. Artist, policemen, gardenars and politicians, they all play an important role in our pluriform society. If their are shortiges in surton arrias of employment, whe should change the capacity of surton educations. |
| Date | 11:45:53, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Kellarly Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | Fair enough, problem solved :) |
| Date | 11:50:02, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Ruthlessly Random Party | To | Debating the Free Education BIll |
| Message | However a policeman does not need a university degree in Law enforcement. That is why we have funded Vocational courses and Apprenticeships. However, with the current amendment I am in agreement. I will now take a look at how this will fit in my budget. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 199 | ||||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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