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Bill: Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Classical Liberal 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: May 2337
Description[?]:
| An act liberalising education (We're liberals, this is what we do!) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 21
Current: 18
Proposed: 16
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Proposed: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 8
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: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:30:00, December 29, 2006 CET | From |  Sinistra Europea Communist Party - P.R.C | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | why 16 yo for leaving school? I don't understand the sense of this proposal.. i think it's a good thing to grant education to our citizens.. mah |
| Date | 00:34:34, December 29, 2006 CET | From | Sinistra Europea Communist Party - P.R.C | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | only private education? a sistem like USA.. it's that the reason because they are so stupid.. only private schools.. ho my good god.. |
| Date | 00:38:24, December 29, 2006 CET | From | Sinistra Europea Communist Party - P.R.C | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | Wow.. in my country liberals are different.. the name for people like you is egoist.. |
| Date | 00:45:11, December 29, 2006 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | There are a couple of meanings of liberal. Wiki it |
| Date | 00:51:24, December 29, 2006 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Education Act |
| Message | There are a couple of meanings of liberal. Wiki it |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 425 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 105 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 220 |
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