N405: Education Act of 2017 - Signed

[Drew]

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Sponsor: JGibson, on behalf of Clyde.

72 hours to debate.

[Clyde1998]

Thank you Drew for introducing this and thank you JGibson for sponsoring this for me.

I was initially going to propose this as a national bill, but given that Congress looks likely to pass a bill giving full control of education to the regions - I thought I'd propose it here instead.

The funding implies that there will be roughly 7.5 million students per year going to university under this scheme, given that I initially proposed this for a federal bill - it would probably mean that there are 2.5 million Lincolnites going to university under this scheme annually. This would reduce the funding level to $5 billion.

Given that we've just passed a huge budget surplus, I reckon that we could massively increase the subsidy and/or make it available to everyone going to university. Since proposing this bill, I've noticed that some of the region's top universities charge over $50,000 per year to enrol - making me feel that there should, at least, be additional funding to assist people and some sort of sliding scale to give people from households below 100% over the average wage, but above 65%, to receive funding.

I'd like to hear some thoughts of Assembly members before I propose amendments.
Section 2 simply allows for students to chose subjects that don't have a final exam at the end of the course.

Coursework subjects would potentially include things like Business Studies, where material from lessons may go forward to be marked as part of the qualification, or Technology, where a project may be completed over a number of months. Work may be completed in and outside the classroom. The work is marked by the subject teacher, before random people's marks are moderated by the exam board.

Controlled assessments are effectively exams, but are completed in exam conditions in classrooms are are usually completed over a number of sessions - this may include English, for long essays. The work is marked by the subject teacher before random people's marks are moderated by the exam board.

I feel that these may be more appropriate for people who generally do worse on exams, as it would give them a different route to complete their qualifications. Additionally, it may give a more appropriate method of examining people in certain subjects as well.

[JGibson]

Clyde1998, these are good ideas for improving the education system of this region.

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I see no real reason not to support changing the education system for the better.

[Drew]

48 hours to vote.

[Drew]

Aye

[JGibson]

AYE.

[Lachi]

Aye

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Aye

[Drew]

With 4 Ayes, 0 Nays, and 1 absence, this bill is passed and is sent to the Governor.

[Wells]

x Mike Wells

[Clyde1998]

Thank you to the Northern Assembly for backing this bill on my behalf.