LC 2.30 Lincoln Education Act (Final vote)

[Former President tack50]

Lincoln Education Act

An Act to specify the education standards and requirements in the region of Lincoln

SECTION I: Organization
1. School attendance in a certified school in Atlasia shall be mandatory for all residents of Lincoln between 6 and 16 years old. The practice of homeschooling is hereby banned, except with a proven major reason as approved by the school district. Homeschooled students shall be required to attend standardized tests every 2 years to check their development.
2. School lessons in the region of Lincoln shall last for 50 minutes. Schools and school districts may shorten or lengthen them by up to 5 minutes each way
3. School days in the region of Lincoln shall run between 8:30 and 14:00. School districts and states may delay or anticipate these times by up to 30 minutes each way
4. School years in the region of Lincoln shall run between the 2nd week of September and the 3rd week of June. States may delay or anticipate these times by up to 2 weeks each way.
5. Education in the region of Lincoln shall be organized into 4 stages:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten, intended for children up to 6 years old
b) Primary School, intended for children between the ages of 6 and 11
c) Middle School, intended for children between the ages of 11 and 14
d) High School, intended for children between the ages of 14 and 18
6. Students shall be allowed to proceed to the next school year with up to this many failed subjects:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten: Not applicable
b) Primary School: Up to 1 failed subject
c) Middle School: Up to 2 failed subjects
d) High School: Up to 2 failed subjects, but passing all subjects in all years of high school shall be a requirement to graduate

SECTION II: Subjects
1. Kindergarten shall not be composed of subjects. Instead, educators will have general guidelines on how to treat children and what to teach them

2. Primary school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of lessons per week:
i) Natural Sciences (3 lessons/week)
ii) Social Sciences (3 lessons/week)
iii) Art (3.5 lessons/week)
iv) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
v) English Language and Literature (5.5 lessons/week)
vi) Foreign language (3.5 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics (5.5 lessons/week)
viii) Civic and Social values (1 lesson/week)
ix) Emotional education (1 lesson/week)
x) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)

3. Middle school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of hours per week:
i) Biology and Geology (2 lessons/week)
ii) Physics and Chemistry (2 lessons/week)
iii) Physical Education (2 lessons/week)
iv) English Language and Literature (4 lessons/week)
v) First foreign language (3 lessons/week)
vi) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual Education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Music (2 lessons/week)
ix) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
x) Second foreign language (2 lessons/week)
xi) Civic and Ethic values (2 lessons/week)
xii) Social Sciences, Geography and History (2 lessons/week)
xiii) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)

4. High school shall be divided into 3 branches: the Sciences branch, the Humanities branch and the Arts branch. Students must pick one of these 3 branches; with the following configurations of subjects
4.1: For years 9 and 10
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Geography and History (3 lessons/week)
ii) Physical Education (2 lessons/week)
iii) English Language and Literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) First Foreign language (4 lessons/week)
v) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
b) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Sciences branch
i) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Biology & Geology (3 lessons/week)
iii) Physics & Chemistry (3 lessons/week)
c) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Humanities branch:
i) Mathematics applied to Social Sciences (4 lessons/week)
ii) Latin (3 lessons/week)
iii) Economics (3 lessons/week)
d) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Arts branch:
i) Plastic and Visual education (4 lessons/week)
ii) Music (3 lessons/week)
iii) Scenic Arts and Dance (3 lessons/week)
e) Students shall pick 3 subjects from the following list, but mandatory subjects for their branch can't be picked again:
i) Laboratory classes and Scientific Culture (2 lessons/week)
ii) Scenic Arts and Dance (2 lessons/week)
iii) Philosophy (2 lessons/week)
iv) Music (2 lessons/week)
v) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)
vi) Second Foreign Language (2 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Classic Culture (2 lessons/week)
4.2: For years 11 and 12:
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Atlasian History (3 lessons/week)
ii) Philosophy (3 lessons/week)
iii) English language and literature (3 lessons/week)
iv) First foreign language (3 lessons/week)
b) Students of the Sciences branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Physics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
iii) Earth and Environmental Science (4 lessons/week)
iv) Biology (4 lessons/week)
v) Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
vi) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
vii) Industrial Technology (4 lessons/week)
c) Students of the Humanities branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Latin (4 lessons/week)
ii) Classical Greek (4 lessons/week)
iii) World literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Geography (4 lessons/week)
vi) Business management (4 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics applied to social sciences (4 lessons/week)
d) Students of the Arts branch must pick 3 subjects from the following list:
i) Artistic Drawing (4 lessons/week)
ii) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
iii) Design (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Graphic Expression Techniques (4 lessons/week)
vi) Musical Analysis (4 lessons/week)
vii) Musical Language and Practice (4 lessons/week)
viii) History of Music and Dance (4 lessons/week)
ix) Universal Literature (4 lessons/week)
e) Students of all branches must pick 2 subjects from the following list (all with 3 lessons/week):
i) Second foreign Language
ii) Economics
iii) Psychology and Sociology
iv) Physical Education
v) Computer Science
vi) General Science Education

SECTION III: Curriculums
TBD

SECTION IV: Implementation
1. This bill shall go into effect in time for the 2020/2021 school year

Sponsor: tack50

Debate time for this bill has started and shall last no less than 72 hours

[Former President tack50]

There has been a great deal of interest in this term of the Council to debate education policy. I have decided to introduce this bill to satisfy that interest. I have debated this bill a bit in private with Chancellor Pyro and Councillor SNJC, but I expect the rest of the Council to input their opinion as well.

I based this bill almost completely off my own curriculum and experience in high school. Not because I think the education system here is particularly good (it is not, in fact it's quite bad), but because it is the one I am most familiar with.

So I welcome all and any inputs the rest of the Council wants to make

Speaking of the bill itself:

Section I makes some general regulations regarding schools (mandatory up to age 16, some general regulations of schedules, and how to pass to the next grade). The most important part of section I is probably the homeschooling quasi-ban, with homeschooling requiring approval from the school district and assessment every 2 years.

Section II defines the subjects for each education period. I've divided it into 4: Primary, Middle, Lower High School (years 9-10) and Upper High School (Years 11-12).

[Former President tack50]

Hmm I was wondering if thr's education bill could just be made an amendment here.

Yes, yes it could. In fact, thr's bill would be ideal as Section III of this bill (regarding curriculums) which I left as TBD.

If he wants, I would support such an amendment.

[Former President tack50]

I accept thr's offer for co-sponsorship. It will be needed.

24 hours for the rest of the Council to object

[Former President tack50]

To answer the concerns.

I never intended this bill to pass as-is. Rather I intended it for a starting point of discussion. Section II definitely needs a big amendment or even a full rewrite. So if people want to discuss old schedules they used to have or something I am fine with that.

I think this should first be Americanized. A bit too much is taken from Europe and is way too drastic. I 100% agree with specialization but I think the first step would be that 9th grade should be a sampler year divided into 3 trimesters with a focus on each branch.

Latin is almost never needed in the US and really shouldn't be mandatory.

I am open to the 9th grade being a sample year and it would probably be a good idea, with "proper" specialization not starting until year 10 (RL specialization doesn't start until year 10 in fact, but doing 2 divisions of high school felt like a better and simpler idea).

I will say that not all 3 branches have the same weight; the arts branch is much, much smaller than the other 2. Not many people actually study arts.

As for Latin, I would argue it is important for future translators, philosophers, etc; to know latin; many words even in English are derived from Latin (though in years 11 and 12 maybe offering Classical Greek might be a bad idea I admit). It is not mandatory for everyone.

These graduation requirements are not correct, a standardized test should be required, also the amount of periods for subject and the length of the school day is too short

What do you mean the graduation requirements are not correct? Should they be more lenient or harsher? Or work in a completely different way?

Regarding the length of the school day, I am open to changing that. Maybe 7 periods of 50 minutes instead of 6 and a 8:00-14:20 schedule? Come to think about it, I forgot to include a mandatory recess period of 30 minutes.

As for the standardized test, that is being handled in Ninja's old bill.

[Former President tack50]

Ok, for now I guess I'll just incorporate thr's bill into this one, though I am still waiting for input from the rest of the Council.

Amendment by tack50 to LC 2.30 Lincoln Education Act

Lincoln Education Act

An Act to specify the education standards and requirements in the region of Lincoln

SECTION I: Organization
1. School attendance in a certified school in Atlasia shall be mandatory for all residents of Lincoln between 6 and 16 years old. The practice of homeschooling is hereby banned, except with a proven major reason as approved by the school district. Homeschooled students shall be required to attend standardized tests every 2 years to check their development.
2. School lessons in the region of Lincoln shall last for 50 minutes. Schools and school districts may shorten or lengthen them by up to 5 minutes each way
3. School days in the region of Lincoln shall run between 8:30 and 14:00. School districts and states may delay or anticipate these times by up to 30 minutes each way
4. School years in the region of Lincoln shall run between the 2nd week of September and the 3rd week of June. States may delay or anticipate these times by up to 2 weeks each way.
5. Education in the region of Lincoln shall be organized into 4 stages:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten, intended for children up to 6 years old
b) Primary School, intended for children between the ages of 6 and 11
c) Middle School, intended for children between the ages of 11 and 14
d) High School, intended for children between the ages of 14 and 18
6. Students shall be allowed to proceed to the next school year with up to this many failed subjects:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten: Not applicable
b) Primary School: Up to 1 failed subject
c) Middle School: Up to 2 failed subjects
d) High School: Up to 2 failed subjects, but passing all subjects in all years of high school shall be a requirement to graduate

SECTION II: Subjects
1. Kindergarten shall not be composed of subjects. Instead, educators will have general guidelines on how to treat children and what to teach them

2. Primary school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of lessons per week:
i) Natural Sciences (3 lessons/week)
ii) Social Sciences (3 lessons/week)
iii) Art (3.5 lessons/week)
iv) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
v) English Language and Literature (5.5 lessons/week)
vi) Foreign language (3.5 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics (5.5 lessons/week)
viii) Civic and Social values (1 lesson/week)
ix) Emotional education (1 lesson/week)
x) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)

3. Middle school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of hours per week:
i) Biology and Geology (2 lessons/week)
ii) Physics and Chemistry (2 lessons/week)
iii) Physical Education (2 lessons/week)
iv) English Language and Literature (4 lessons/week)
v) First foreign language (3 lessons/week)
vi) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual Education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Music (2 lessons/week)
ix) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
x) Second foreign language (2 lessons/week)
xi) Civic and Ethic values (2 lessons/week)
xii) Social Sciences, Geography and History (2 lessons/week)
xiii) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)

4. High school shall be divided into 3 branches: the Sciences branch, the Humanities branch and the Arts branch. Students must pick one of these 3 branches; with the following configurations of subjects
4.1: For years 9 and 10
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Geography and History (3 lessons/week)
ii) Physical Education (2 lessons/week)
iii) English Language and Literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) First Foreign language (4 lessons/week)
v) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
b) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Sciences branch
i) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Biology & Geology (3 lessons/week)
iii) Physics & Chemistry (3 lessons/week)
c) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Humanities branch:
i) Mathematics applied to Social Sciences (4 lessons/week)
ii) Latin (3 lessons/week)
iii) Economics (3 lessons/week)
d) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Arts branch:
i) Plastic and Visual education (4 lessons/week)
ii) Music (3 lessons/week)
iii) Scenic Arts and Dance (3 lessons/week)
e) Students shall pick 3 subjects from the following list, but mandatory subjects for their branch can't be picked again:
i) Laboratory classes and Scientific Culture (2 lessons/week)
ii) Scenic Arts and Dance (2 lessons/week)
iii) Philosophy (2 lessons/week)
iv) Music (2 lessons/week)
v) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)
vi) Second Foreign Language (2 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Classic Culture (2 lessons/week)
4.2: For years 11 and 12:
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Atlasian History (3 lessons/week)
ii) Philosophy (3 lessons/week)
iii) English language and literature (3 lessons/week)
iv) First foreign language (3 lessons/week)
b) Students of the Sciences branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Physics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
iii) Earth and Environmental Science (4 lessons/week)
iv) Biology (4 lessons/week)
v) Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
vi) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
vii) Industrial Technology (4 lessons/week)
c) Students of the Humanities branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Latin (4 lessons/week)
ii) Classical Greek (4 lessons/week)
iii) World literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Geography (4 lessons/week)
vi) Business management (4 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics applied to social sciences (4 lessons/week)
d) Students of the Arts branch must pick 3 subjects from the following list:
i) Artistic Drawing (4 lessons/week)
ii) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
iii) Design (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Graphic Expression Techniques (4 lessons/week)
vi) Musical Analysis (4 lessons/week)
vii) Musical Language and Practice (4 lessons/week)
viii) History of Music and Dance (4 lessons/week)
ix) Universal Literature (4 lessons/week)
e) Students of all branches must pick 2 subjects from the following list (all with 3 lessons/week):
i) Second foreign Language
ii) Economics
iii) Psychology and Sociology
iv) Physical Education
v) Computer Science
vi) General Science Education

SECTION III: Curriculums
1. The governor shall appoint an eleven-member board consisting of faculty at major Lincoln universities comprised of at least three members each from mathematics and english language/literature departments, and exactly one member from computer science and economics departments. All members selected must have experience teaching first- and second-year students at Lincoln universities, as well as experience in admissions and advising students.

2. This board will have one year (academic year 2019-20) to establish new curricula for K-8 students, with the goal being to modernize school standards to meet the challenges of the 21st century in Atlasian society. Textbooks with writers who are both educators and noted academics in their field will be identified for technical coursework, and pools of novels, prose, and poetry will be identified for selection by individual schools. Individual programs will be written for each year. Standards are intended to be purposeful, challenging and relevant. In addition, supplemental materials will be identified for the instruction of struggling students in need of extra help and gifted students desiring enrichment.

3. One percent of Lincoln public school districts will be identified to take part in the pilot program. This subset of schools will resemble Lincoln demographically, in terms of proportionality by state, distribution by income and race/ethnicity, and division by rural/suburban/urban characteristic. Each school will have enrichment programs. No more than two grades per district will be selected, and if two are selected, they must not be consecutive years.

4. Over the course of the next year (academic year 2020-21), teachers from the selected district will be trained using the new curricula, texts, and standards. All participating teachers will be evaluated and must be approved by the eleven-member board in order to participate in the pilot program.

5. During the third year and fourth year (academic years 2021-22 and 2022-23), the pilot program will be implemented at the above schools. Teachers will write regular progress reports for submission to the board.

6. After the 2022-23 school year, the board will present its findings to the Lincoln Council during public hearings. After these hearings are complete, the pilot program will either be extended, dissolved, or the Council will vote on full implementation based on the board's and public's recommendations.

SECTION IV: Implementation
1. This bill, except for the parts that specify otherwise, shall go into effect in time for the 2020/2021 school year

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Sponsor feedback: Origination
Status: 24 hours to object

[Former President tack50]

Also, with no objections to the motion, thr33 is now a co-sponsor of this bill.

[Former President tack50]

Thank you tack for adding my amendment and including me as a co-sponsor.

I'll have to read the course listing more closely, but at first glance, my main issue is with the foreign language requirements:

• I think that parents should have some say over whether or which foreign language(s) a student is learning.

• I am somewhat familiar with findings suggesting it is easier to become fluent in a second language when young, but 3.5 lessons a week (more than science or social science) for young kids seems a bit much.

At the very least, I would propose a couple of changes:

(1) For primary school students, replace all mentions of "foreign language" with "foreign language and culture" (so the coursework can cover non-language elements of foreign countries, and could supplement social science education).

(2) Mandate that at the very least, all schools in Lincoln are required to provide instruction in Spanish, French and Latin. I think those are suitable options that any parents would be fine with.

One other issue I have, is it seems like the math and english lessons in general are a bit low. It is an admirable cause to champion other subjects, but for young kids, reducing instruction to around an hour a day each could really harm the fundamentals. At the very least, I think both should be increased from 5.5 to 7.5 lessons per week each. And for middle school, from 5 to 6 lessons per week.

Last thing for now - What if a student enters into one of the three programs, and changes his/her mind? How does transferring work? Between the science and social science programs curricula seem somewhat close, but the arts branch seems to be a good deal different. No math coursework at all seems particularly problematic, and I don't think it makes sense for any student to have coursework with a foreign language but without math.

Are there going to be recommendations after middle school? What if a student isn't particularly talented in art or music? Will he/she be steered in a different direction? Having kids and their parents making major decisions at age 13 or 14 seems dangerous.

Regarding the foreign langauge requirements, I 100% agree parents should have say over which foreign language students learn, though at least some foreign language should be mandatory. Since this is Lincoln I imagine French would the most popular because of the shared border with Quebec, but Spanish should also be offered at most (all?) schools in the region. We should certainly clarify which languages should be offered in all schools.

I am open to the proposal to change foreign language to "foreign language and culture" in primary school.

I wonder what you mean with adding instruction in Spanish and French and Latin though. Do you mean adding subjects in those languages? That is certainly a good idea especially at the early levels, but I worry there are nowhere near enough bilingual teachers to do so. Also Latin is not a good language for this at all.

Regarding math and english lessons (and scheduling in general), SNJC thought that schedules were too short. We could consider lengthening the school day to 7 lessons and have it from 8:00 to 14:20. That would give us 5 more lessons to work with, which could go towards extra English and math lessons. We could go even further and enlarge it all the way to 16:10, 8 lessons per day with a second 1 hour recess and free meals for students, though I am not sure how viable this would be.

As for transferring, I didn't really give it enough of a thought I admit. RL transferring is actually somewhat complicated, requiring you to have at least 3 subjects of the new branch if transferring between 11 and 12. Between 10 and 11 transferring is "free" but that is because education is split differently (1-6; 7-10 and 11-12 instead of 1-5; 6-8 and 9-12)

Some ideas I can think of in order to make transferring easier:

> Making transferring "free" in all years. So one year you can study the science path and the next one you are studying the humanities path, with no penalties. You will have a weak or nonexistent base but that just means you will need to study harder but not be penalized.

>Delaying the choices to year 10 or even year 11, with years 9 and maybe 10 having no defined paths.

Regarding the details yes, the arts path is very different from the other 2, and that is also a reason why it is the most unpopular one. Many actual future artists just go with the humanities path instead.

I don't think having no math but a foreign language is that bad, but an option we could also do is allow students in years 11 and 12 to pick any subjects from other branches as an "optional subject" (subsection II.4.2.e, where all students pick 2 from that list)

[Former President tack50]

tack:

re:"adding instruction" - I meant adding language to the bill mandating that those three languages (at a minimum) are offered. Additional coursework so kids have a broad understanding of each might be useful though too. Not my expertise though, so hard for me to comment.

re:"We could consider lengthening the school day to 7 lessons" - I'd support that (as well as additional funding needed for free lunch and additional recess)

re:"Making transferring "free" in all years" - I'd support that

re:"Delaying the choices to year 10 " - This makes some sense. I think delaying to year 11 defeats the purpose. Alternatively, maybe add electives to grade 7/8 so they have some experience?

re:"I don't think having no math but a foreign language is that bad" - Fair enough, how would this sound:

Something like "Mathematics applied to social sciences" for arts. Call it practical math/technology, and instead of 4 lessons a week, make it 2.  Maybe tie it into digital art (didn't see this).

re:" pick any subjects from other branches as an "optional subject" " - Yeah that could make sense. Especially kids who might want to become architects, or some other subject that crosses disciplines.

Ok yeah, mandating those languages is a good idea and something to clarify. My proposal:

First Language (mandatory at all schools): French, Spanish
Second Language (schools must offer at least 1 of these in addition to French and Spanish): German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese

I am fully opposed to Latin as "foreign language" though. Foreign language is supposed to facilitate communication, no one speaks latin in this day and age.

Electives for years 7 and 8 is a decent idea but hard to implement. Delaying the choices to year 10 is actually very easy though (I'd just copy even more from the RL model I am familiar with)

As for math and arts, if we go with allowing subjects from other branches as optionals, the problem would solve itself, with arts students who want to study math taking math as an optional (whether it's science's "hard math" or humanities' "Math for social sciences")

[Former President tack50]

Ok, so here is an amendment to get everything discussed so far properly codified:

Amendment by tack50 to LC 2.30 Lincoln Education Act

Lincoln Education Act

An Act to specify the education standards and requirements in the region of Lincoln

SECTION I: Organization
1. School attendance in a certified school in Atlasia shall be mandatory for all residents of Lincoln between 6 and 16 years old. The practice of homeschooling is hereby banned, except with a proven major reason as approved by the school district. Homeschooled students shall be required to attend standardized tests every 2 years to check their development.
2. School lessons in the region of Lincoln shall last for 50 minutes. Schools and school districts may shorten or lengthen them by up to 5 minutes each way
3. School days in the region of Lincoln shall run between 8:00 and 14:20. School districts and states may delay or anticipate these times by up to 30 minutes each way.
4. A 30 minute recess period shall be mandatory in all schools in the region of Lincoln.
5. School years in the region of Lincoln shall run between the 2nd week of September and the 3rd week of June. States may delay or anticipate these times by up to 2 weeks each way.
6. Education in the region of Lincoln shall be organized into 4 stages:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten, intended for children up to 6 years old
b) Primary School, intended for children between the ages of 6 and 11
c) Middle School, intended for children between the ages of 11 and 14
d) High School, intended for children between the ages of 14 and 18
7. Students shall be allowed to proceed to the next school year with up to this many failed subjects:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten: Not applicable
b) Primary School: Up to 1 failed subject
c) Middle School: Up to 2 failed subjects
d) High School: Up to 2 failed subjects, but passing all subjects in all years of high school shall be a requirement to graduate

SECTION II: Subjects
1. Kindergarten shall not be composed of subjects. Instead, educators will have general guidelines on how to treat children and what to teach them

2. Primary school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of lessons per week:
i) Natural Sciences (3.5 lessons/week)
ii) Social Sciences (3.5 lessons/week)
iii) Art (3.5 lessons/week)
iv) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
v) English Language and Literature (7.5 lessons/week)
vi) Foreign language & culture (3.5 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics (7.5 lessons/week)
viii) Civic and Social values (1 lesson/week)
ix) Emotional education (1 lesson/week)
x) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)

3. Middle school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of hours per week:
i) Biology and Geology (2.5 lessons/week)
ii) Physics and Chemistry (2.5 lessons/week)
iii) Physical Education (2 lessons/week)
iv) English Language and Literature (6 lessons/week)
v) First foreign language (3 lessons/week)
vi) Mathematics (6 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual Education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Music (2 lessons/week)
ix) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
x) Second foreign language (2 lessons/week)
xi) Civic and Ethic values (2 lessons/week)
xii) Social Sciences, Geography and History (2 lessons/week)
xiii) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)

4. High school shall be divided into 3 branches: the Sciences branch, the Humanities branch and the Arts branch. Students must pick one of these 3 branches; with the following configurations of subjects
4.1: For years 9 and 10
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Geography and History (4 lessons/week)
ii) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
iii) English Language and Literature (5 lessons/week)
iv) First Foreign language (4 lessons/week)
v) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
b) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Sciences branch
i) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Biology & Geology (4 lessons/week)
iii) Physics & Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
c) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Humanities branch:
i) Mathematics applied to Social Sciences (4 lessons/week)
ii) Latin (4 lessons/week)
iii) Economics (4 lessons/week)
d) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Arts branch:
i) Plastic and Visual education (4 lessons/week)
ii) Music (4 lessons/week)
iii) Scenic Arts and Dance (4 lessons/week)
e) Students shall pick 3 subjects from the following list, but mandatory subjects for their branch can't be picked again:
i) Laboratory classes and Scientific Culture (2 lessons/week)
ii) Scenic Arts and Dance (2 lessons/week)
iii) Philosophy (2 lessons/week)
iv) Music (2 lessons/week)
v) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)
vi) Second Foreign Language (2 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Classic Culture (2 lessons/week)
ix) One subject from another branch's mandatory subject list (4 lessons/week). This shall count as 2 subjects from the list
4.2: For years 11 and 12:
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Atlasian History (4 lessons/week)
ii) Philosophy (3 lessons/week)
iii) English language and literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) First foreign language (4 lessons/week)
b) Students of the Sciences branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Physics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
iii) Earth and Environmental Science (4 lessons/week)
iv) Biology (4 lessons/week)
v) Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
vi) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
vii) Industrial Technology (4 lessons/week)
c) Students of the Humanities branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Latin (4 lessons/week)
ii) Classical Greek (4 lessons/week)
iii) World literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Geography (4 lessons/week)
vi) Business management (4 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics applied to social sciences (4 lessons/week)
d) Students of the Arts branch must pick 3 subjects from the following list:
i) Artistic Drawing (4 lessons/week)
ii) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
iii) Design (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Graphic Expression Techniques (4 lessons/week)
vi) Musical Analysis (4 lessons/week)
vii) Musical Language and Practice (4 lessons/week)
viii) History of Music and Dance (4 lessons/week)
ix) Universal Literature (4 lessons/week)
e) Students of all branches must pick 2 subjects from the following list (all with 4 lessons/week):
i) Second foreign Language
ii) Economics
iii) Psychology and Sociology
iv) Physical Education
v) Computer Science
vi) General Science Education
vii) Any subjects from another branch's list of subjects

SECTION III: Choices
1. All schools in the region of Lincoln shall offer the following languages for the foreign language subjects, with students choosing between them. Schools may offer additional languages:
a) First foreign language: French and Spanish
b) Second foreign language: Both French and Spanish, plus one of German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese
2. Schools may partially nullify the requirements of section III.1 for reasons of low demand, but at least one First Foreign Language and a different Second Foreign language must be taught at all times.
3. High school students shall be allowed to change branches between school years with no penalties or academic delays for doing so.

SECTION IV: Curriculums
1. The governor shall appoint an eleven-member board consisting of faculty at major Lincoln universities comprised of at least three members each from mathematics and english language/literature departments, and exactly one member from computer science and economics departments. All members selected must have experience teaching first- and second-year students at Lincoln universities, as well as experience in admissions and advising students.

2. This board will have one year (academic year 2019-20) to establish new curricula for K-8 students, with the goal being to modernize school standards to meet the challenges of the 21st century in Atlasian society. Textbooks with writers who are both educators and noted academics in their field will be identified for technical coursework, and pools of novels, prose, and poetry will be identified for selection by individual schools. Individual programs will be written for each year. Standards are intended to be purposeful, challenging and relevant. In addition, supplemental materials will be identified for the instruction of struggling students in need of extra help and gifted students desiring enrichment.

3. One percent of Lincoln public school districts will be identified to take part in the pilot program. This subset of schools will resemble Lincoln demographically, in terms of proportionality by state, distribution by income and race/ethnicity, and division by rural/suburban/urban characteristic. Each school will have enrichment programs. No more than two grades per district will be selected, and if two are selected, they must not be consecutive years.

4. Over the course of the next year (academic year 2020-21), teachers from the selected district will be trained using the new curricula, texts, and standards. All participating teachers will be evaluated and must be approved by the eleven-member board in order to participate in the pilot program.

5. During the third year and fourth year (academic years 2021-22 and 2022-23), the pilot program will be implemented at the above schools. Teachers will write regular progress reports for submission to the board.

6. After the 2022-23 school year, the board will present its findings to the Lincoln Council during public hearings. After these hearings are complete, the pilot program will either be extended, dissolved, or the Council will vote on full implementation based on the board's and public's recommendations.

SECTION V: Implementation
1. This bill, except for the parts that specify otherwise, shall go into effect in time for the 2020/2021 school year

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Sponsor feedback: Origination, thr's confirmation required
Status: 24 hours to object

[Former President tack50]

With no objections, the above amendment is adopted

[Former President tack50]

I have some issue

First, you cannot have .5 of a lesson


Second one, this format is only good for vocational schools

I'll be introducing an amendment, soon

Regarding .5 of a lesson, that normally means one of these things in my experience:

1: The exact lesson changes every 2 weeks. So the one week you will have Math and the next English language and literature and then math the following week, etc.

2: Half the class goes to one lesson and half to the other lesson, and again this changes every 2 weeks (I don't think this one would happen in practice in the US though as fixed classes don't exist?)

3: The lesson changes once in the school year. So half the school year you will have Math on that slot and the other half you will have English language & literature for example

As for the "this is only good for vocational schools" argument, could you elaborate a bit more?

[Former President tack50]

Is that a proper amendment? I am fine with the change to Section III but a bit more conflicted with the one on Section II.

Is that really necessary? I think 3 meetings is way too much. Alternatively maybe we should do counseling for all students? (and not just those of the arts branch)

[Former President tack50]

Yeah, that seems about right.

24 hours to object to the amendments

[Former President tack50]

No objection.

Though if we are lengthening hours all the way to 4:30 pm we should offer some sort of free meal, at least for primary and middle school kids right?

I can't imagine a 12 year old having to wait until 5:00 pm to eat lunch!

[Former President tack50]

No objection.

Though if we are lengthening hours all the way to 4:30 pm we should offer some sort of free meal, at least for primary and middle school kids right?

I can't imagine a 12 year old having to wait until 5:00 pm to eat lunch!

I'm flexible on the exact hours - edited them a bit.

The problem with those schedules is that they wouldn't allow for the whole range of lessons (or would mean a shorter recess).

7 lessons of 50 minutes plus a 30 minute recess means a school day needs to last for 6 hours and 20 minutes in total. Would this be any better?:

Primary school: 8:30-14:50
Middle school: 9:00-15:20
High school: 8:00-14:20

This does only have 30 minute delays between school years instead of 1 hour ones though.

[Former President tack50]

lol no. The 7:20 am will kill rural High Schoolers. A bus could be as early as 6:30 or even more meaning they will have to get up before 6.

I wasn't a rural high schooler but my bus ride itself took over an hour for the students on the 1st stop.

I have to agree with you, hence why I chose 8:30-9-8. Even with the earliest time a rural high schooler will take the bus at 7 and wake up around 6:30, which are manegable times.

I will also remind everyone that schools may vary these schedules by up to 30 minutes each way so there is some nuance here.

[Former President tack50]

No objection.

Though if we are lengthening hours all the way to 4:30 pm we should offer some sort of free meal, at least for primary and middle school kids right?

I can't imagine a 12 year old having to wait until 5:00 pm to eat lunch!

I'm flexible on the exact hours - edited them a bit.

The problem with those schedules is that they wouldn't allow for the whole range of lessons (or would mean a shorter recess).

7 lessons of 50 minutes plus a 30 minute recess means a school day needs to last for 6 hours and 20 minutes in total. Would this be any better?:

Primary school: 8:30-14:50
Middle school: 9:00-15:20
High school: 8:00-14:20

This does only have 30 minute delays between school years instead of 1 hour ones though.

 I think having 8 lessons of 40 min, each, makes more sense

Huh. Well that is definitely an interesting proposal. I believe a 40 minute lesson is too short but I am willing to take it into consideration if others want.

I will say that is actually less school time than the current proposal (320 minutes per day, compared to 350 minutes under the current plan)

[Former President tack50]

Tack my school uses an 8 period method, and 9 in Elementary and Middle, if I remember correctly

My current schedule

1: Elective
2: Physical Education
3: Science
4: Foreign Language
5: Required Elective
Between 5 and 6: Lunch (20 min)
6: Mathematics
7. History
8: English

The day goes from 7:45-2:20

With 7 periods you run out of time, especially since either Math or English is often double-period in middle and/or elementary

Well that is certainly a long day (even if it is only 15 minutes longer than the current proposal). To be honest I do not think that is a huge difference.

However I will go with discretion from the rest of the Council, do you want a system closer to SNJC's or is the current one fine?

[Former President tack50]

Ok, for now I guess I will be introducing this amendment to the chamber to fix the issue Pyro mentioned. I will also add a program to give free school lunches for students below a certain threshold as I think most (all?) students will opt to eat lunch at school

Also since I forgot to pass them properly, I will incorporate thr's forgotten amendments from earlier (whoops)

Lincoln Education Act

An Act to specify the education standards and requirements in the region of Lincoln

SECTION I: Organization
1. School attendance in a certified school in Atlasia shall be mandatory for all residents of Lincoln between 6 and 16 years old. The practice of homeschooling is hereby banned, except with a proven major reason as approved by the school district. Homeschooled students shall be required to attend standardized tests every 2 years to check their development.
2. School lessons in the region of Lincoln shall last for 50 minutes. Schools and school districts may shorten or lengthen them by up to 5 minutes each way
3a. School days in the region of Lincoln shall run between 8:00 and 14:20. as follows:
i) Between 8:30 and 14:50 for primary school students
ii) Between 9:00 and 15:20 for middle school students
iii) Between 8:00 and 14:20 for high school students
3b. School districts and states may delay or anticipate these times by up to 30 minutes each way.
4. A 30 minute recess period shall be mandatory in all schools in the region of Lincoln.
5. The government of Lincoln shall offer free school lunches for all students belonging to a household below 150% of the poverty line.
6. School years in the region of Lincoln shall run between the 2nd week of September and the 3rd week of June. States may delay or anticipate these times by up to 2 weeks each way.
7. Education in the region of Lincoln shall be organized into 4 stages:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten, intended for children up to 6 years old
b) Primary School, intended for children between the ages of 6 and 11
c) Middle School, intended for children between the ages of 11 and 14
d) High School, intended for children between the ages of 14 and 18
7. Students shall be allowed to proceed to the next school year with up to this many failed subjects:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten: Not applicable
b) Primary School: Up to 1 failed subject
c) Middle School: Up to 2 failed subjects
d) High School: Up to 2 failed subjects, but passing all subjects in all years of high school shall be a requirement to graduate

SECTION II: Subjects
1. Kindergarten shall not be composed of subjects. Instead, educators will have general guidelines on how to treat children and what to teach them

2. Primary school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of lessons per week:
i) Natural Sciences (3.5 lessons/week)
ii) Social Sciences (3.5 lessons/week)
iii) Art (3.5 lessons/week)
iv) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
v) English Language and Literature (7.5 lessons/week)
vi) Foreign language & culture (3.5 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics (7.5 lessons/week)
viii) Civic and Social values (1 lesson/week)
ix) Emotional education (1 lesson/week)
x) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)

3. Middle school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of hours per week:
i) Biology and Geology (2.5 lessons/week)
ii) Physics and Chemistry (2.5 lessons/week)
iii) Physical Education (2 lessons/week)
iv) English Language and Literature (6 lessons/week)
v) First foreign language (3 lessons/week)
vi) Mathematics (6 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual Education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Music (2 lessons/week)
ix) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
x) Second foreign language (2 lessons/week)
xi) Civic and Ethic values (2 lessons/week)
xii) Social Sciences, Geography and History (2 lessons/week)
xiii) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)

4. High school shall be divided into 3 branches: the Sciences branch, the Humanities branch and the Arts branch. Students must pick one of these 3 branches; with the following configurations of subjects. Students make these selections during January of their 8th grade years. All students and their parent(s) and/or guardian(s) will be advised by their middle school academic advisor(s) and the chair(s) of prospective branches at the high school where they will matriculate in the fall.
4.1: For years 9 and 10
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Geography and History (4 lessons/week)
ii) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
iii) English Language and Literature (5 lessons/week)
iv) First Foreign language (4 lessons/week)
v) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
b) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Sciences branch
i) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Biology & Geology (4 lessons/week)
iii) Physics & Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
c) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Humanities branch:
i) Mathematics applied to Social Sciences (4 lessons/week)
ii) Latin (4 lessons/week)
iii) Economics (4 lessons/week)
d) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Arts branch:
i) Plastic and Visual education (4 lessons/week)
ii) Music (4 lessons/week)
iii) Scenic Arts and Dance (4 lessons/week)
e) Students shall pick 3 subjects from the following list, but mandatory subjects for their branch can't be picked again:
i) Laboratory classes and Scientific Culture (2 lessons/week)
ii) Scenic Arts and Dance (2 lessons/week)
iii) Philosophy (2 lessons/week)
iv) Music (2 lessons/week)
v) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)
vi) Second Foreign Language (2 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Classic Culture (2 lessons/week)
x) One subject from another branch's mandatory subject list (4 lessons/week). This shall count as 2 subjects from the list
4.2: For years 11 and 12:
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Atlasian History (4 lessons/week)
ii) Philosophy (3 lessons/week)
iii) English language and literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) First foreign language (4 lessons/week)
b) Students of the Sciences branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Physics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
iii) Earth and Environmental Science (4 lessons/week)
iv) Biology (4 lessons/week)
v) Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
vi) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
vii) Industrial Technology (4 lessons/week)
c) Students of the Humanities branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Latin (4 lessons/week)
ii) Classical Greek (4 lessons/week)
iii) World literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Geography (4 lessons/week)
vi) Business management (4 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics applied to social sciences (4 lessons/week)
d) Students of the Arts branch must pick 3 subjects from the following list:
i) Artistic Drawing (4 lessons/week)
ii) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
iii) Design (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Graphic Expression Techniques (4 lessons/week)
vi) Musical Analysis (4 lessons/week)
vii) Musical Language and Practice (4 lessons/week)
viii) History of Music and Dance (4 lessons/week)
ix) Universal Literature (4 lessons/week)
e) Students of all branches must pick 2 subjects from the following list (all with 4 lessons/week):
i) Second foreign Language
ii) Economics
iii) Psychology and Sociology
iv) Physical Education
v) Computer Science
vi) General Science Education
vii) Any subjects from another branch's list of subjects

SECTION III: Choices
1. All schools in the region of Lincoln shall offer the following languages for the foreign language subjects, with students choosing between them. Schools may offer additional languages:
a) First foreign language: French and Spanish
b) Second foreign language: Both French and Spanish, plus one of German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese
2. Schools may partially nullify the requirements of section III.1 for reasons of low demand, but at least one First Foreign Language and a different Second Foreign language must be taught at all times.
3. High school students shall be allowed to change branches between school years with no penalties or academic delays for doing so.
4. All Lincoln schools must offer summer programs for students who wish to switch between the courses after grade 9 and before grade 10 to catch up on the requisite coursework differences for their new program. Lincoln will also provide a list of schools offering catch-up programs between grades 10 and 11 as well as free transportation. For students who wish to switch after grade 11, alternate accommodations will be made when possible, but in order to meet the requirements of their academic programs, students may have to enroll for an additional summer and fall, to complete graduation the following January. All programs mentioned in this section include free instruction, lunches and supplies (as appropriate).

SECTION IV: Curriculums
1. The governor shall appoint an eleven-member board consisting of faculty at major Lincoln universities comprised of at least three members each from mathematics and english language/literature departments, and exactly one member from computer science and economics departments. All members selected must have experience teaching first- and second-year students at Lincoln universities, as well as experience in admissions and advising students.

2. This board will have one year (academic year 2019-20) to establish new curricula for K-8 students, with the goal being to modernize school standards to meet the challenges of the 21st century in Atlasian society. Textbooks with writers who are both educators and noted academics in their field will be identified for technical coursework, and pools of novels, prose, and poetry will be identified for selection by individual schools. Individual programs will be written for each year. Standards are intended to be purposeful, challenging and relevant. In addition, supplemental materials will be identified for the instruction of struggling students in need of extra help and gifted students desiring enrichment.

3. One percent of Lincoln public school districts will be identified to take part in the pilot program. This subset of schools will resemble Lincoln demographically, in terms of proportionality by state, distribution by income and race/ethnicity, and division by rural/suburban/urban characteristic. Each school will have enrichment programs. No more than two grades per district will be selected, and if two are selected, they must not be consecutive years.

4. Over the course of the next year (academic year 2020-21), teachers from the selected district will be trained using the new curricula, texts, and standards. All participating teachers will be evaluated and must be approved by the eleven-member board in order to participate in the pilot program.

5. During the third year and fourth year (academic years 2021-22 and 2022-23), the pilot program will be implemented at the above schools. Teachers will write regular progress reports for submission to the board.

6. After the 2022-23 school year, the board will present its findings to the Lincoln Council during public hearings. After these hearings are complete, the pilot program will either be extended, dissolved, or the Council will vote on full implementation based on the board's and public's recommendations.

SECTION V: Implementation
1. This bill, except for the parts that specify otherwise, shall go into effect in time for the 2020/2021 school year

[/quote]

Sponsor feedback: Origination, thr's confirmation required
Status: 24 hours to object

[Former President tack50]

With no objections, the previous amendment has been adopted

[Former President tack50]

I motion for a final vote, 24 hours to object

[Former President tack50]

After the longest 24 hours in Atlasian history:

Councillors a FINAL vote is now open on the following legislation

Lincoln Education Act

An Act to specify the education standards and requirements in the region of Lincoln

SECTION I: Organization
1. School attendance in a certified school in Atlasia shall be mandatory for all residents of Lincoln between 6 and 16 years old. The practice of homeschooling is hereby banned, except with a proven major reason as approved by the school district. Homeschooled students shall be required to attend standardized tests every 2 years to check their development.
2. School lessons in the region of Lincoln shall last for 50 minutes. Schools and school districts may shorten or lengthen them by up to 5 minutes each way
3a. School days in the region of Lincoln shall run as follows:
i) Between 8:30 and 14:50 for primary school students
ii) Between 9:00 and 15:20 for middle school students
iii) Between 8:00 and 14:20 for high school students
3b. School districts and states may delay or anticipate these times by up to 30 minutes each way.
4. A 30 minute recess period shall be mandatory in all schools in the region of Lincoln.
5. The government of Lincoln shall offer free school lunches for all students belonging to a household below 150% of the poverty line.
6. School years in the region of Lincoln shall run between the 2nd week of September and the 3rd week of June. States may delay or anticipate these times by up to 2 weeks each way.
7. Education in the region of Lincoln shall be organized into 4 stages:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten, intended for children up to 6 years old
b) Primary School, intended for children between the ages of 6 and 11
c) Middle School, intended for children between the ages of 11 and 14
d) High School, intended for children between the ages of 14 and 18
8. Students shall be allowed to proceed to the next school year with up to this many failed subjects:
a) Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten: Not applicable
b) Primary School: Up to 1 failed subject
c) Middle School: Up to 2 failed subjects
d) High School: Up to 2 failed subjects, but passing all subjects in all years of high school shall be a requirement to graduate

SECTION II: Subjects
1. Kindergarten shall not be composed of subjects. Instead, educators will have general guidelines on how to treat children and what to teach them

2. Primary school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of lessons per week:
i) Natural Sciences (3.5 lessons/week)
ii) Social Sciences (3.5 lessons/week)
iii) Art (3.5 lessons/week)
iv) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
v) English Language and Literature (7.5 lessons/week)
vi) Foreign language & culture (3.5 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics (7.5 lessons/week)
viii) Civic and Social values (1 lesson/week)
ix) Emotional education (1 lesson/week)
x) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)

3. Middle school shall be composed of the following subjects, with the following amount of hours per week:
i) Biology and Geology (2.5 lessons/week)
ii) Physics and Chemistry (2.5 lessons/week)
iii) Physical Education (2 lessons/week)
iv) English Language and Literature (6 lessons/week)
v) First foreign language (3 lessons/week)
vi) Mathematics (6 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual Education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Music (2 lessons/week)
ix) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
x) Second foreign language (2 lessons/week)
xi) Civic and Ethic values (2 lessons/week)
xii) Social Sciences, Geography and History (2 lessons/week)
xiii) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)

4. High school shall be divided into 3 branches: the Sciences branch, the Humanities branch and the Arts branch. Students must pick one of these 3 branches; with the following configurations of subjects. Students make these selections during January of their 8th grade years. All students and their parent(s) and/or guardian(s) will be advised by their middle school academic advisor(s) and the chair(s) of prospective branches at the high school where they will matriculate in the fall.
4.1: For years 9 and 10
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Geography and History (4 lessons/week)
ii) Physical Education (3 lessons/week)
iii) English Language and Literature (5 lessons/week)
iv) First Foreign language (4 lessons/week)
v) General class meetings (1 lesson/week)
b) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Sciences branch
i) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Biology & Geology (4 lessons/week)
iii) Physics & Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
c) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Humanities branch:
i) Mathematics applied to Social Sciences (4 lessons/week)
ii) Latin (4 lessons/week)
iii) Economics (4 lessons/week)
d) The following subjects shall be mandatory for students of the Arts branch:
i) Plastic and Visual education (4 lessons/week)
ii) Music (4 lessons/week)
iii) Scenic Arts and Dance (4 lessons/week)
e) Students shall pick 3 subjects from the following list, but mandatory subjects for their branch can't be picked again:
i) Laboratory classes and Scientific Culture (2 lessons/week)
ii) Scenic Arts and Dance (2 lessons/week)
iii) Philosophy (2 lessons/week)
iv) Music (2 lessons/week)
v) Technology and Computer Science (2 lessons/week)
vi) Second Foreign Language (2 lessons/week)
vii) Plastic and Visual education (2 lessons/week)
viii) Classic Culture (2 lessons/week)
x) One subject from another branch's mandatory subject list (4 lessons/week). This shall count as 2 subjects from the list
4.2: For years 11 and 12:
a) The following subjects shall be mandatory for all students:
i) Atlasian History (4 lessons/week)
ii) Philosophy (3 lessons/week)
iii) English language and literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) First foreign language (4 lessons/week)
b) Students of the Sciences branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Physics (4 lessons/week)
ii) Mathematics (4 lessons/week)
iii) Earth and Environmental Science (4 lessons/week)
iv) Biology (4 lessons/week)
v) Chemistry (4 lessons/week)
vi) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
vii) Industrial Technology (4 lessons/week)
c) Students of the Humanities branch must pick 3 subjects from the following:
i) Latin (4 lessons/week)
ii) Classical Greek (4 lessons/week)
iii) World literature (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Geography (4 lessons/week)
vi) Business management (4 lessons/week)
vii) Mathematics applied to social sciences (4 lessons/week)
d) Students of the Arts branch must pick 3 subjects from the following list:
i) Artistic Drawing (4 lessons/week)
ii) Technical Drawing (4 lessons/week)
iii) Design (4 lessons/week)
iv) Art History (4 lessons/week)
v) Graphic Expression Techniques (4 lessons/week)
vi) Musical Analysis (4 lessons/week)
vii) Musical Language and Practice (4 lessons/week)
viii) History of Music and Dance (4 lessons/week)
ix) Universal Literature (4 lessons/week)
e) Students of all branches must pick 2 subjects from the following list (all with 4 lessons/week):
i) Second foreign Language
ii) Economics
iii) Psychology and Sociology
iv) Physical Education
v) Computer Science
vi) General Science Education
vii) Any subjects from another branch's list of subjects

SECTION III: Choices
1. All schools in the region of Lincoln shall offer the following languages for the foreign language subjects, with students choosing between them. Schools may offer additional languages:
a) First foreign language: French and Spanish
b) Second foreign language: Both French and Spanish, plus one of German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese
2. Schools may partially nullify the requirements of section III.1 for reasons of low demand, but at least one First Foreign Language and a different Second Foreign language must be taught at all times.
3. High school students shall be allowed to change branches between school years with no penalties or academic delays for doing so.
4. All Lincoln schools must offer summer programs for students who wish to switch between the courses after grade 9 and before grade 10 to catch up on the requisite coursework differences for their new program. Lincoln will also provide a list of schools offering catch-up programs between grades 10 and 11 as well as free transportation. For students who wish to switch after grade 11, alternate accommodations will be made when possible, but in order to meet the requirements of their academic programs, students may have to enroll for an additional summer and fall, to complete graduation the following January. All programs mentioned in this section include free instruction, lunches and supplies (as appropriate).

SECTION IV: Curriculums
1. The governor shall appoint an eleven-member board consisting of faculty at major Lincoln universities comprised of at least three members each from mathematics and english language/literature departments, and exactly one member from computer science and economics departments. All members selected must have experience teaching first- and second-year students at Lincoln universities, as well as experience in admissions and advising students.

2. This board will have one year (academic year 2019-20) to establish new curricula for K-8 students, with the goal being to modernize school standards to meet the challenges of the 21st century in Atlasian society. Textbooks with writers who are both educators and noted academics in their field will be identified for technical coursework, and pools of novels, prose, and poetry will be identified for selection by individual schools. Individual programs will be written for each year. Standards are intended to be purposeful, challenging and relevant. In addition, supplemental materials will be identified for the instruction of struggling students in need of extra help and gifted students desiring enrichment.

3. One percent of Lincoln public school districts will be identified to take part in the pilot program. This subset of schools will resemble Lincoln demographically, in terms of proportionality by state, distribution by income and race/ethnicity, and division by rural/suburban/urban characteristic. Each school will have enrichment programs. No more than two grades per district will be selected, and if two are selected, they must not be consecutive years.

4. Over the course of the next year (academic year 2020-21), teachers from the selected district will be trained using the new curricula, texts, and standards. All participating teachers will be evaluated and must be approved by the eleven-member board in order to participate in the pilot program.

5. During the third year and fourth year (academic years 2021-22 and 2022-23), the pilot program will be implemented at the above schools. Teachers will write regular progress reports for submission to the board.

6. After the 2022-23 school year, the board will present its findings to the Lincoln Council during public hearings. After these hearings are complete, the pilot program will either be extended, dissolved, or the Council will vote on full implementation based on the board's and public's recommendations.

SECTION V: Implementation
1. This bill, except for the parts that specify otherwise, shall go into effect in time for the 2020/2021 school year

[/quote]

Please vote AYE, NAY or Abstain
This vote shall last for 48 hours or unti all Councillors have voted

[Former President tack50]

Aye

I expected a tiny bit more debate especially regarding subjects, but having a proper education law will be a huge step forward for Lincoln

[Former President tack50]

Important notice

I have been informed by the Chancellor that today is not a sitting day for the Council.

The vote shall remain open and any Councillors who want to may vote today, but this vote shall not be closed until the 8th of July as all time during the 4th of July won't count towards the 48 hours of voting.