Education and Upbringing of Daughters of the Council Act (1956)
| Education and Upbringing of Daughters of the Council Act | |
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| Council of Kerlile | |
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| Territorial extent | Whole of Kerlile |
| Passed | 11 March 1956 |
| Introduced by | Councillor Eveline Hart |
| Amended by | |
| Education and Upbringing of Daughters of the Council (Amendment) Act 2020 | |
| Status: Amended | |
The Education and Upbringing of Daughters of the Council Act (EUDCA) is a piece of legislation passed in Kerlile in 1956 setting out the rights, responsibilities and requirements for Daughters of the Council to eventually become Kerlian Councillors.
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Educational Requirements[edit | edit source]
EUDCA requires future Councillors of Kerlile to have attended the Maytown Academy for Girls for a period of at least ten years upon the ascension to the Council. The Maytown Academy is an exclusive boarding school for Council families in the city of Maytown, which is designed to teach future Councillors, their sisters, and female cousins.
The majority of Daughters attend the Maytown Academy at least between the ages of 5 and 15, however some have been known to begin as early as two and stay as late as nineteen. There is no requirement for which ten years are spent at the Academy, as long as the total is reached before ascension. Most Daughters attempt to meet the requirement by the age of sixteen.
Ban on Male Influence[edit | edit source]
The other prominent section of the EUDCA, no longer in force, was the ban on 'male influence' in the rearing of Daughters of the Council. This section of the Act forbade the presence of male figures of authority in the raising of a Daughter, including the biological father of the child or a mother's male partner. A 2018 ruling of the Supreme Court of Kerlile, however, deemed it legal for a female partner of the mother in a lesbian relationship to be involved in the raising of the Daughter.
The ban on 'male influence' also led to the prohibition of Daughters being raised in the presence of any brothers. Councillors and heirs were therefore expected to give any male children up for adoption, and were legally required to do so if they have a daughter and are fifth or above in line for a seat on the Council. In practice, this rule wass often flouted.
This section of the Act was amended in 2020.
Purpose[edit | edit source]
The EUDCA is intended to ensure that future members of the Council of Kerlile are raised within Kerlile and without the influence of men in order to maintain the status quo of the Gynarchy. The EUDCA is also designed to ensure that if future rulers of Kerlile do study abroad, this is counteracted by at least a decade of Kerlian input.
2020 Amendments[edit | edit source]
In December 2020, the Council of Kerlile passed a series of amendments[1] to the EUDCA, making it legal for Councillors and their heirs to raise male children, marry males and involve the fathers of their children in their children's lives. It is unknown how many Councillors supported the change beyond the number required to receive a majority. The amendment led to the return to Kerlile of second-in-line to the Chiu seat Xia Chiu who left Kerlile for Lauchenoiria to give birth to a male baby.