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Bill: Step one To a Better School System
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate Party
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: December 2080
Description[?]:
| Permit charter schools, free to all individuals, but focusing on building on a students strengths and overcoming their weaknesses. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:04:51, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Party | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | So far so good |
| Date | 00:14:14, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | We can run with this. |
| Date | 01:18:58, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | acceptable for now, although iffy |
| Date | 19:32:38, July 12, 2005 CET | From |  Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | what are the pros for this sort of thing? |
| Date | 21:19:07, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | A charter school will often focus on a particular aspect of education, thus you can have fine arts schools, math and sciences, etc. This permits a greater level of detail in these areas as well as the ability to bring in better teachers for these subjects. A voice instructor is unlikely to be present in a general public school while most likely will be in one for performance. It is also true that this permits a focus on areas that these students tend to perform poorly in, for example those good in math and science tend to perform poorly in writing or speaking. Thus the schools can tailor the curriculum to the students better then your average school. These schools are part of the public education system thus are free for all students with the costs picked up by the taxpayers, or private industry. They tend to be allowed more freedom of operation then a typical public school. |
| Date | 12:06:36, July 13, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | sounds fair, are we setting an age range? do they start at the last four years of secondary school? |
| Date | 13:34:16, July 13, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | we suggest that the charter schools be for ages 14-18 (or 20) to ensure that they do obtain some degree of knowledge of other things. we support in any case. |
| Date | 20:43:17, July 13, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Step one To a Better School System |
| Message | we are not proposing an age range but rather leaving it to the local governments. Charter schools do not need to specialize they just typically do. Those for the lower grades do not tipcally specialize. There is just something unique about the school. They need not even be just a charter school, but can be a public/private one as well. OOC: Just to help understand, a gradeschool (K-6th grade) next to my house is a normal public school, but it does very well and has a mix of nationalities due to it being next to the university. Thus it is favored around town. For those who live out of the normal school district, some slots are made available and distributed by raffle. Thus it is both a charter school and a normal public school. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 87 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 13 |
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