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Bill: Teacher/Pupil Discipline Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: November 2339
Description[?]:
| In order to guarantee respect from all pupils whilst at school, and to increase further the ability to control troublesome elements within the scholastic environment, teachers will be allowed to discipline pupils should they be deemed unruly. Direct discipline of pupils by teaching staff will be set by the school within government set guidelines so as to guarantee that said discipline is used sparingly and only where necessary and not to be used to routinely 'beat' pupils (guidelines set out as below). Furthermore, in order to improve the ability of teachers to control pupils, whilst also increasing education levels, each teacher will be supported by a teaching assistant allowing the teacher to concentrate on teaching and allowing pupils easier access to teaching staff. Guidelines for discipline: - No breaking of or damage to pupils skin is permitted during discipline; - No mental or physical 'torture' may be employed by any member of staff against a pupil. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:09:50, January 03, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Teacher/Pupil Discipline Act |
| Message | No. This opens the door for corporeal abuse. Abuse is not limited to damaging or breaking a pupil's skin. Hell, under this jurisdiction it would be legal to beat children with a burlap bag full of soap (which doesn't leave a bruise). |
| Date | 15:38:13, January 03, 2007 CET | From | Marxist-Socialist Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Teacher/Pupil Discipline Act |
| Message | No. |
| Date | 22:21:23, January 03, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Teacher/Pupil Discipline Act |
| Message | @CSP - No they wouldn't as it is written within the bill that "discipline is used sparingly and only where necessary and not to be used to routinely 'beat' pupils". Beating a pupil with a burlap bag would not be allowed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 234 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 166 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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