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Bill: About Education
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jelbanian People 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: September 2309
Description[?]:
| Some Education things |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is entirely voluntary.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: Education is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Current: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Article 5
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: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:53:28, November 03, 2006 CET | From |  Jelbanian People Party | To | Debating the About Education |
| Message | In our opinion, government doesn't have to decide about educations things like discipline or sexual education, but we think that education must be obligatory to all our children in our schools, public and private. |
| Date | 18:34:20, November 04, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the About Education |
| Message | CU supports some and opposes others. Not sure how we'll vote. |
| Date | 20:12:06, November 04, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the About Education |
| Message | Since we don't support everything, we've decided to vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 75 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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