Modern Health Education Act (Final Vote)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Are there any other areas that need to be addressed in this bill? This was a very small portion of the overall bill I will point out and therefore it should be noted of course that there is a lot more to it than just this issue of school lunches, etc.

[Simfan34]

I am very please consideration has been made for the Atlasian Institute of Teachers and the NTLE in this bill.

[Senator Cris]

Are we ready for a final vote?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Looking over the bill, I wonder a bit about Section 6. I know of some very small public high schools. The Oakland Unified School District operates one with 88 students and another with 130. With such small student bodies at some schools, it is conceivable that there is a school where there is simply not interest in a Gay-Straight Alliance.

     I'm not sure what the best way to resolve that is, but I would suggest we take such a possibility into account. The current text requires without qualification that one be established.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

     Looking over the bill, I wonder a bit about Section 6. I know of some very small public high schools. The Oakland Unified School District operates one with 88 students and another with 130. With such small student bodies at some schools, it is conceivable that there is a school where there is simply not interest in a Gay-Straight Alliance.

     I'm not sure what the best way to resolve that is, but I would suggest we take such a possibility into account. The current text requires without qualification that one be established.

I am hessitant to wade into this issue as it would naturally be an area of sensitivity for many and too limit it to just larger schools could potentially leave people in smaller districts left out obviously, but short of a basement on the size of the district, is there any other available means with which to resolve this potential problem?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Looking over the bill, I wonder a bit about Section 6. I know of some very small public high schools. The Oakland Unified School District operates one with 88 students and another with 130. With such small student bodies at some schools, it is conceivable that there is a school where there is simply not interest in a Gay-Straight Alliance.

     I'm not sure what the best way to resolve that is, but I would suggest we take such a possibility into account. The current text requires without qualification that one be established.

I am hessitant to wade into this issue as it would naturally be an area of sensitivity for many and too limit it to just larger schools could potentially leave people in smaller districts left out obviously, but short of a basement on the size of the district, is there any other available means with which to resolve this potential problem?

     The problem with that proposal is that Oakland is a pretty large school district. It just happens to operate a couple of small high schools among other larger ones. Potentially there could be a floor on the size of the school.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Is 300 a reasonable size? 200?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I think 200 would be reasonable, considering the generic high school size is typically held to be about 2,000 students. 200 puts us at 10%.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Talleyrand]

I motion for a final vote!!! We need to remove ancient bills from the senate floor and focus on the constitutional convention.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I thought you wanted to restore Senate activity?!!!!! The Convention is a seperate entity, doing what you are suggesting would essentially shut down the Senate entirely.

If we had Senators who would actually respond and debate so issues could be resolved and bills debated in a timely fashion than there would not be "ancient bills" on the floor.



I demand that the amendment be considered.

[Prince of Salem]

How is interest in a Gay-Straight Alliance related to school size?

[Associate Justice PiT]

How is interest in a Gay-Straight Alliance related to school size?

     If you have a school with only ~100 students, it is feasible that no students would be interested in it due to the small sample size. It may be problematic to require an organization that no students at the school are interested in joining.

[Talleyrand]

I thought you wanted to restore Senate activity?!!!!! The Convention is a seperate entity, doing what you are suggesting would essentially shut down the Senate entirely.

If we had Senators who would actually respond and debate so issues could be resolved and bills debated in a timely fashion than there would not be "ancient bills" on the floor.



I demand that the amendment be considered.

Restoring activity does not equal laboring over minor details in a 3 month old bill!!!

I have no objection to the amendment, but let's get this to a final vote as soon as possible!!!!

[Senator Cris]

24 hours to object:

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[Talleyrand]

I motion for an immediate suspension of the rules and final vote, or just a final vote. Whatever's faster.

[Prince of Salem]

No objections to the amendment, given the good arguments.

[Senator Cris]

Senator Talleyrand motioned for a final vote.
24 hours to object.

[Maxwell]

Can we get a final version of the bill?

[Prince of Salem]

Can we get a final version of the bill?

Yeah, this would be great.

[Senator Cris]

Final version:

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Senator Talleyrand motioned for a final vote, but I think it's right letting some time to freshman Senator Maxwell for eventual amendments to the current text.

[Barnes]

I am pleased with this bill, and I likewise move for a final vote.

[Senator Cris]

A final vote is now open. Please vote.

[Barnes]

Aye.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

AYE!