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Bill: Education bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Party of Rildanor
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: March 2288
Description[?]:
| bring back public education |
Proposals
Article 1
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, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 2
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 private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:48:37, September 22, 2006 CET | From |  Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the Education bill |
| Message | We will support. |
| Date | 15:48:41, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Party of Rildanor | To | Debating the Education bill |
| Message | please tell me why this country has been against higher education? that's putting our country at a disadvatage vs the rest of the world |
| Date | 16:01:05, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the Education bill |
| Message | I have to disagree. There is no proof that our educational facilities are disadvantaged compared to other countries. |
| Date | 16:05:18, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Party of Rildanor | To | Debating the Education bill |
| Message | under our current law we have no higher education institutes which clearly puts us at a disadvantage |
| Date | 16:22:00, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the Education bill |
| Message | Yes we do, they are only not subsidized by the government. |
| Date | 21:40:47, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Party of Rildanor | To | Debating the Education bill |
| Message | oh I see well that problem will be fixed soon |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 167 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 124 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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