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Bill: Helen McLaughlin (Ministry of Education) makes tuition free (government bill)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Course of Freedom (Kellins faction)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 5239
Description[?]:
| As agreed, tuition will from now on be completely free. "We need to ensure that students can have access to higher education and focus on their studies instead of working full-time during their studies. This government is committed to ensure equal opportunities to everyone" said McLaughlin. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 2
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 200,000,000 LPD | 8,000,000 LPD | 8,000,000 LPD |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,550,000,000 LPD | 1,600,000,000 LPD | 1,600,000,000 LPD |
| Internal Affairs | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD |
| Finance | 1,500,000,000 LPD | 1,000,000,000 LPD | 1,000,000,000 LPD |
| Defence | 16,500,000,000 LPD | 19,000,000,000 LPD | 19,000,000,000 LPD |
| Justice | 6,000,000,000 LPD | 7,000,000,000 LPD | 7,000,000,000 LPD |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 12,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD |
| Health and Social Services | 30,000,000,000 LPD | 33,000,000,000 LPD | 33,000,000,000 LPD |
| Education and Culture | 12,500,000,000 LPD | 9,000,000,000 LPD | 9,500,000,000 LPD |
| Science and Technology | 3,500,000,000 LPD | 2,500,000,000 LPD | 2,500,000,000 LPD |
| Food and Agriculture | 4,900,000,000 LPD | 6,500,000,000 LPD | 6,500,000,000 LPD |
| Environment and Tourism | 3,000,000,000 LPD | 600,000,000 LPD | 600,000,000 LPD |
| Trade and Industry | 3,500,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD |
| Total | 106,150,000,000 LPD | 110,208,000,000 LPD | 110,708,000,000 LPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 197 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 103 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago." - George Porter |