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Education and Youth Responsibility Act …

Legislative Bill · Columbia

Education and Youth Responsibility Act of 2018 of 2018

Proposed by Fair Prosperity Union · fronted by Vivienne Parker

Opened

25 Oct 2018

Voting closes

24 Dec 2018

Chambers

2 legislatures

Articles

3 changes

Rationale

This Act modernizes education by protecting educational standards, preparing young people for the workforce through regulated employment opportunities, and giving schools the flexibility to maintain productive learning environments.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Homeschooling Regulation	Unrestricted right to homeschool with no state oversight	Homeschooling allowed with curriculum standards, testing, and inspections
2	Child Labour Law	Employment permitted from age 16 with restrictions; no work under 16	Light work permitted from age 14; full employment from 16
3	Mobile Phones in Schools	Smartphones banned on school grounds	Left to teacher discretion

1

Homeschooling Regulation

Previous law

Unrestricted right to homeschool with no state oversight

Homeschooling allowed with curriculum standards, testing, and inspections

2

Child Labour Law

Previous law

Employment permitted from age 16 with restrictions; no work under 16

Light work permitted from age 14; full employment from 16

3

Mobile Phones in Schools

Previous law

Smartphones banned on school grounds

Left to teacher discretion

Proposer

Party

Fair Prosperity Union

FPU (Fair Prosperity Union) is a center-left, pragmatic party focused on social fairness and economic stability. It supports a mixed economy with strong worker protections, welfare programs, and targeted wealth redistribution, alongside controlled migration and border security.

Core pillars

Vivienne Parker

Activist · Age 45

2,616 social followers

A sharp-witted policy wonk whose blunt critiques of economic inequality once landed her in hot water, now channeling that same fiery passion into drafting bold reforms while navigating her awkward social graces with reluctant diplomacy.

🎓 Academic 😬 Awkward ⚖️ Pragmatist 🔗 Well Connected 🔥 Firebrand

Timeline

Draft

6 September 2018
Vote Open

25 October 2018
Vote Closed

24 December 2018
Became Law

24 December 2018

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Passed

92Yes 0No 8Not voted 100 seats

For: 92 / 100 seats (92.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 8

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	79	Yes	No reason given
Fair Prosperity Union Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Labour	0	Yes	No reason given
National Reform	13	Yes	No reason given
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	0	Yes	No reason given
Sexto Sentido	0	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	26	Not voted

House of Representatives

Passed

411Yes 0No 24Not voted 435 seats

For: 411 / 435 seats (94.5%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 24

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	362	Yes	No reason given
Fair Prosperity Union Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Labour	0	Yes	No reason given
National Reform	49	Yes	No reason given
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	0	Yes	No reason given
Sexto Sentido	0	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	103	Not voted

Presidency

Passed

1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	1	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

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