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Bill: Higher Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gao-Showa Imperial 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: August 2349
Description[?]:
| improving the performance of Gthe nation's higher education system. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 3
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:59:10, January 23, 2007 CET | From | Royal Socialist Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Higher Education Bill |
| Message | How does this improve Gishoto's higher education system? If this bill passes all it would do is have less people be able to attend. |
| Date | 09:38:28, January 24, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Bill |
| Message | explain how it would stop people attending? |
| Date | 10:23:02, January 24, 2007 CET | From | Refuge Pressure Party | To | Debating the Higher Education Bill |
| Message | Because there is a wide scope for deciding what the means limit in the means testing is. A low to middle ceiling would see millions of students stuck between being to wealthy to qualify and too poor to pay themselves. A high ceiling would be a pretty hefty unfair tax on the rich, who'd have to fork out thousands to get the same treatment the rest of the country receive. As to the first proposal you're leaving the education of our children at the whim of a corperation. The goal of a state university is to teach the children, the goal of a private universioty is to make profits. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 315 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 435 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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