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Bill: Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakania Republican Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: October 2245
Description[?]:
| To the recent polls in these areas, we are changing it to benefit the majority of the people. Article 2 is to cut government funding for pre-schoolers and leave for the private sector. Plus, many Jakinian citizens seem to hate charter school with 44% saiding no charter schools with a distant 28% saying charter schools that only have a specific purpose. As you can see, you cannot leave anything to local governments all the time as the JUP are saying. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Charter schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Charter schools are not allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:18:03, June 26, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Union Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | Whatever it is, we don't like it. ;) |
| Date | 09:18:43, June 26, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Union Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | As we said..... We back local government control in this area. |
| Date | 09:28:43, June 26, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Republican Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | You have kept say leave it to the locals, well it is like saying,"I'm avoiding the issue, so I'll stick my head in the sand and hand over the problems to the other guy." Your policy is pretty lame or you are trying it to improve your political stance on local government. |
| Date | 09:29:10, June 26, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Union Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | Those polls are national in scope and don't take into account that some regional populations may favor charter schools to provide alternatives. |
| Date | 09:30:45, June 26, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Union Party | To | Debating the Education Reform Act |
| Message | We are not avoiding the issue at all. We simply don't believe that a one-size-fits-all policy is always the most appropriate measure. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 62 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 100 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 88 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "While we may not always agree it is my hope that we may always be civil." - Jonathan Clarke, former Hutorian politician |