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Bill: Donohue Opportunity Equality Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Workers Union
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 2290
Description[?]:
| -Donohue Opportunity Equality Act- An Act to Insure an Equal Educational Background for Every Citizen. Section 1: Every citizen, regardless of the wealth of their parents, deserves an outstanding educational foundation equal to that of his or her fellow citizen. ---A. That this act mandate the closure of all private schools as being antithetical to this goal. ---B. The immediate inclusion of all citizens into a revamped public education system. ---C. The hiring of new teachers formerly employed in the private sector to the lowest performing schools in our country. Section 2: Require the Ministry of Education and Culture develop a full plan for execution of the above sections by the end of fiscal year 2290. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:49:15, September 26, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Donohue Opportunity Equality Act |
| Message | We hope that the Royalists will reaffirm their support for an equality of opportunity. |
| Date | 07:59:30, September 26, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Royalist Party | To | Debating the Donohue Opportunity Equality Act |
| Message | We concur. The necessary services that the private schools in the Commonwealth offer, such as education in religious- and trades-focused career paths, can be included in the national education system by making those courses available as elective educational options. |
| Date | 10:25:47, September 26, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Donohue Opportunity Equality Act |
| Message | Firstly, as Telamon is a secular state, we do not believe that religion should have any place in the curriculum of public schools. People who wish their children to have a religious education should go to church schools which should be and should remain independent of the state. Secondly, choice should be an essential component of any education system and this bill removes much of that possibility. Whilst we applaud your laudable aim of providing good education for all, the government will never be able to afford the amount needed to invest in the public education system to bring it up to this standard. Instead, we should recognise the potential of the voluntary and private sectors and work with them to ensure better quality education for all and to ensure that our brightest students, regardless of background, get the world class education they deserve. |
| Date | 13:19:56, September 26, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Donohue Opportunity Equality Act |
| Message | Religion can be taught in a secular, informative manner. We will never allow public education to be second to any other in the nation. If you can't get the job done, we're confident we can. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 177 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 123 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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