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Bill: Education Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Intellectual Revolution 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: June 2256
Description[?]:
| To update the educational requirements in order to make Gishoto a real contender in this fast paced world. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 16
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:24:44, July 17, 2006 CET | From |  Intellectual Revolution Party | To | Debating the Education Reform |
| Message | By giving our children more oppurtunities to learn and a learning environment to help them learn faster, we can bring Gishoto into the present, instead of living in the past. The times are changing, the world is becoming faster-paced and more intellectually demanding. We need to compensate. |
| Date | 08:52:30, July 17, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Education Reform |
| Message | 1 - We oppose all public funded education. 2 - Support, although not ideal. 3 - We do not believe education should be compulsorary. 4 - Support, although not ideal. 5 - Against. |
| Date | 06:35:40, July 18, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Education Reform |
| Message | WTF!?! The only way children will ever learn discipline is to be beat within inches of their lives! Nevertheless, the CPG will support |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 230 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 270 |
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