Educational System Reform of 2019 - Columbia

Rationale

These changes modernise education by prioritising equal secular opportunity, merit-based access, and longer skill development for all young people.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Religious Education in Schools	Optional religious classes	Strictly secular education
2	School Selection	Comprehensive, no selection	Selective grammar schools by exam
3	State-Funded Faith Schools	No new state-funded faith schools	State funds secular schools only
4	School Leaving Age	Compulsory to 16	Compulsory education/training to 18

1

Religious Education in Schools

Previous law

Optional religious classes

Strictly secular education

2

School Selection

Previous law

Comprehensive, no selection

Selective grammar schools by exam

3

State-Funded Faith Schools

Previous law

No new state-funded faith schools

State funds secular schools only

4

School Leaving Age

Previous law

Compulsory to 16

Compulsory education/training to 18

Proposer

Party

Labour

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Core pillars

Peter Brennan

Activist · Age 29

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Raised in a tight-knit factory family, Peter Brennan cut his teeth organizing precinct-level campaigns before turning down corporate lobbying offers to build a reputation as a relentless, uncompromising voice for the working class on the ground.

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Timeline

Draft

25 December 2019
Vote Open

25 December 2019
Vote Closed

23 February 2020
Did Not Become Law

23 February 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Failed

0Yes 87No 13Not voted 100 seats

For: 0 / 100 seats (0.0%)

Against: 87 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 13

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	79	No	Firstly, religion is a thing of choice so classes should be same. Secondly, selective grammar schools by exam? And at age 16, most of them are done with hight school why keep them till 18?
Free Citizens Alliance	8	No	We oppose defunding religious schools and mandating that people remain in school until 18
Labour Proposer	0	Yes	This will give Columbians the secular high-quality education they deserve and ensure people will be more educated
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	0	Yes	Although i don't like that the bill gets rid of the chance to understand religion and its theology i do think the rest of the bill is great and giving the best educational experience
Sexto Sentido	0	Yes	Becuase current education sistem is too bad
Empty seats	26	Not voted

House of Representatives

Passed

214Yes 170No 51Not voted 435 seats

For: 214 / 435 seats (49.2%)

Against: 170 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 51

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 55.7%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	76	No	Firstly, religion is a thing of choice so classes should be same. Secondly, selective grammar schools by exam? And at age 16, most of them are done with hight school why keep them till 18?
Free Citizens Alliance	94	No	We oppose defunding religious schools and mandating that people remain in school until 18
Labour Proposer	110	Yes	This will give Columbians the secular high-quality education they deserve and ensure people will be more educated
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	59	Yes	Although i don't like that the bill gets rid of the chance to understand religion and its theology i do think the rest of the bill is great and giving the best educational experience
Sexto Sentido	45	Yes	Becuase current education sistem is too bad
Empty seats	103	Not voted

Presidency

Failed

0Yes 1No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 1 · 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	No	No reason given

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)

Voted Feb. 20, 2020

No

“Firstly, religion is a thing of choice so classes should be same. Secondly, selective grammar schools by exam? And at age 16, most of them are done with hight school why keep them till 18?”

Sexto Sentido

Voted Jan. 17, 2020

Yes

“Becuase current education sistem is too bad”

Free Citizens Alliance

Voted Dec. 29, 2019

No

“We oppose defunding religious schools and mandating that people remain in school until 18”

Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance

Voted Dec. 25, 2019

Yes

“Although i don't like that the bill gets rid of the chance to understand religion and its theology i do think the rest of the bill is great and giving the best educational experience”

Labour

Voted Dec. 25, 2019

Yes Changed vote

“This will give Columbians the secular high-quality education they deserve and ensure people will be more educated”