Thanks to Tinhampton for helping rewrite this! I've made a few minor edits - let me know what you think!
[title]Vouching for Students?
[description]While attending a parent-teacher meeting at a public school in @@NAME@@'s most underfunded school district, you just happened to sit next to one of your most promising legislators, @@RANDOMNAME_1@@. @@HE_1@@ appears to be leafing through The @@ANIMAL@@ City Trombone's latest report on Manamana's school voucher program, where every family with dependents receives a voucher equivalent to the amount of money that would otherwise be spent by the Manamanan government on their children's education, which the parents can then donate to any school of their choice — public or private.
[validity]must be capitalist, must not have already privatized all schools (co-authored by Tinhampton)
[option]"...and it says here that Manamanan private school students score higher on tests than children in other countries, including @@NAME@@!" exclaims @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@ to your right in wonder. "Even the loyal Trombone thinks that our public schools are far too rickety to support everyone; issuing vouchers can help parents send their children to better schools instead of trapping them in the public school system. In the interest of fairness, we should also show parents how much their government would otherwise be spending on their children's education — let them see how much value for money they're really getting, hm?"
[effect]train passengers and top principals alike are urged to "mind the gap"
[option]"If anything, introducing school vouchers is a terrible idea," promptly complains headteacher @@RANDOMNAME_2@@ to your left. "Do you really see every postbox in every home in @@NAME@@ as an opportunity for a private school to poach another bright student? In fact, I am so confident in the quality of our public education - even here - that I believe it would be worthwhile to promote it in other nations instead. Imagine: the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ International School, located on prime real estate by the Taxdodgian Sea and serving hundreds of bright, young children around the world each year!"
[effect]many of the nation's embassies double as secondary schools
[option]As @@RANDOMLASTNAME_2@@ finishes, you are tapped on the shoulder by a man who introduces himself as Lionel Wright. "The past thirty years of my life have been spent building one of the United Federation's most trusted school franchises, and I would be absolutely delighted to expand its educational wing to @@NAME@@," he boasts. "All I request is that you cease government intervention in school policy and competition as to cut down on the average @@DEMONYMNOUN@@'s tax burden - and if students can't meet their school's demanding criteria? Well, that's where my coal mining wing comes in..."
[effect]students who flunk their classes find themselves wearing mining helmets and wielding pickaxes
[FlagChange]"Child Labor" enacted, if not previously in force
Draft 3 below! I've added on a few lines on option 1 and 2, as well as the description. More feedback is appreciated!
Draft 2 below! Fixed up and added some wording to option 3, and edited the effect line a bit.
Draft 1 below! (minor grammar and word choice changes, as well as sweeping up some mistakes)