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Bill: Educated Hegemony Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unwritten Future Collective
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: November 2331
Description[?]:
| In order to maintain hegemony, the Republic of Egelion MUST focuse of education, for education is KEY to a hegemonic state. |
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 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 introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 4
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 and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:05:12, December 18, 2006 CET | From | Unwritten Future Collective | To | Debating the Educated Hegemony Act |
| Message | Point A: There is a large amount of money to be spent on schools. Point B: Egelion's hegemony can only exist with a large amount of education. A smart society is a prospering one. Therefore: Article 1,2: Higher education brings a higher amount of intelligence, and therefore is key to heg. Article 3: We must allow poor people to go to school, too. Article 4: Kids must not have to pay for their education, it should be public. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 12 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 39 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
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