“We support this proposal”
Equal Steps Education Act of 2023
Rationale
This bill brings every child onto the same path: licensed schools for all, no exceptions; comprehensive health education, no opt-outs; phones set aside for focus; training extended to eighteen. Dignity means no family is left to learn alone.
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
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| 1 | Homeschooling Regulation |
Homeschooling allowed with curriculum standards, testing, and inspections
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Homeschooling prohibited; all children must attend licensed schools
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| 2 | Mobile Phones in Schools |
Restricted to break times
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Smartphones banned on school grounds
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| 3 | Personal, Health & Relationships Education |
Mandatory with parental opt-out
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Comprehensive, mandatory, no opt-out
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| 4 | School Leaving Age |
Compulsory to 16
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Compulsory education/training to 18
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| 5 | School Selection |
Comprehensive, no selection
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Comprehensive, mixed-ability classes
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Homeschooling Regulation2
Mobile Phones in Schools3
Personal, Health & Relationships Education4
School Leaving Age5
School SelectionProposer
Party
ASTER
ASTER believes no person's dignity should be bargained away. In Fjordheim, we choose dialogue over division, solidarity over isolation, and the stubborn hope that different people can share one future.
Core pillars
Susanne Nygård
Activist · Age 56
A former labor union leader turned grassroots organizer, Susanne Nygård rose to prominence leading a successful campaign for equal pay in her coastal hometown, earning a reputation as both a pragmatic dealmaker and a fiery orator whose speeches could silence even the most skeptical critics.
Timeline
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Draft14 August 2023
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Vote Open14 August 2023
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Vote Closed13 October 2023
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Became Law13 October 2023
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
Nordting
PassedFor: 21 / 35 seats (60.0%)
Against: 14 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Better Fjordheim | 8 | No | We support stronger educational standards, focused classrooms and preparing every young Fjordheimer for adulthood, but this bill goes too far by removing reasonable parental choice. High standards do not require banning homeschooling or excluding parents entirely from sensitive educational decisions. |
| ASTER Proposer | 7 | Yes | No reason given |
| Democratic Liberal Platform | 3 | No | This bill is a step in the right direction but it is much too strict. |
| Fjordheim National Solidarist Front | 3 | No | This bill goes a bit too far. |
| Movement For Socialism | 14 | Yes | We support this proposal |
| Socialist Union Of Workers | 0 | No | We definately want a school reform, but this bill does not fit our policies and has too many points which we disagree on. |
Voting record
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“We definately want a school reform, but this bill does not fit our policies and has too many points which we disagree on.”
“This bill is a step in the right direction but it is much too strict.”
“This bill goes a bit too far.”
“We support stronger educational standards, focused classrooms and preparing every young Fjordheimer for adulthood, but this bill goes too far by removing reasonable parental choice. High standards do not require banning homeschooling or excluding parents entirely from sensitive educational decisions.”
“We reject this proposal”