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Bill: Higher Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Working Families 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: February 2240
Description[?]:
| An Act to increase government subsidation in higher education, providing more oppurtunities for persons to receive a higher education. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:10:02, June 08, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | Compulsory education basically equates to brainwashing children. We hope the FP returns in time to quash this awful bill with us. |
| Date | 18:57:19, June 08, 2006 CET | From | Working Families Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Act |
| Message | And voluntary education leaves our children with illiteracy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 277 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 175 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 147 |
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