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Bill: Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kirlawan Popular Front
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: July 2256
Description[?]:
| A raft of measures, designed to tidy up Educational practices: 1) Charter schools are publicly funded, and so should not make a profit. Any excess money should be reinvested into education 2) Religion is a private matter - if people want religion to be pushed on their kids, they have the opportunities to do it themselves, or they can go to church/temple. 3) We believe that teachers should not be given the additional job of bringing up children - discipline is for parents to administer. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: No forms of direct discipline are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:36:05, July 17, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | 1) Maybe, but we'd have to see. 2) No. It is the right of a person if they wish to go to a religious school. 3) You have got to be kidding me. Our schools would be destroyed. |
| Date | 20:40:20, July 17, 2006 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | 1) I can't see your problem with this 2) You mean 'it is the right of a person to be sent to a religious school by their parents, regardless of their own wishes'? 3) Why? If a child acts up, tell the parents and they should deal with it. |
| Date | 03:48:32, July 18, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Party of Kirlawa | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | 1) don't really have a problem with this article but the rest of the bill is too idiotic and illogical to vote yes 2) these are children isn't it the job of the parent to make decisions for the student 3)you are against detention and expulsion? you are pretty much taking all power away from the teacher and the school you spend too much time looking at opinion polls and not enough time using your own common sense |
| Date | 09:00:51, July 18, 2006 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | We ARE populists socialists. Why would we ignore polls? As it is, we agree with the result of the poll. |
| Date | 23:57:28, July 18, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Party of Kirlawa | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | for sa party that spends so much time looking at polls you would think you would have more seats |
| Date | 00:16:55, July 19, 2006 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | Ouch! Is that what passes for debate these days? |
| Date | 01:02:21, July 19, 2006 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | By the way, we were under the misguided impression that democracy was about giving the people what they wanted. If they want less discipline in schools, if they are happy not to legislate on flag burning, if they want a socially liberal society - then someone should be arguing for what they want. If the lose the debate (as I have hear, quite clearly), fine. We'll see what happens - and in March you will be looking at the most important poll of them all. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 64 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 571 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 112 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "Without opposition there is no politics." - Alun Daffys, former Alorian politician |