Metric Conversion Act [Passed]

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I guess they weren't as recently as when I was in elementary school. Of course, I was in a pretty poor school district.

The No Child Left Behind act is responsible for very significant changes between how we learned things and how children are being taught today.

[Verily]

I guess they weren't as recently as when I was in elementary school. Of course, I was in a pretty poor school district.

The No Child Left Behind act is responsible for very significant changes between how we learned things and how children are being taught today.

Makes sense. Speaking of which, has it been repealed in Atlasia? (I would suspect so, but perhaps not.)

[Jake]

I was taught metric beginning in middle school at least. Honestly, I never understood the rancor over converting to metric because we used it so much more in Chemistry and Physics in high school.

[Verily]

We'll move to a final vote in twenty-four hours.

[Verily]

I realize that I missed Sensei's amendment. So we'll vote on that first.

We are now voting on the following amendment. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.


4. Starting in the 2008-2009 Atlasian public school year, all Atlasian public elementary schools shall teach both imperial and metric measurements. The end of Imperial unit education shall coincide with the phasing-out of said units.


Nay. Not that I oppose it necessarily, but it appears to be more or less contained within the text of the rest of the bill (Section 1, specifically).

[Sensei]

aye, i think it's good to clarify Section 1.

[Ebowed]

Nay

[Jake]

Nay

[Sensei]

ouch... this isn't going to end well.

[Speed of Sound]

aye

[Verily]

Tally on Sensei's Amendment
Aye: 2 (Sensei; Speed of Sound)
Nay: 3 (Verily; Ebowed; Jake)
Yet to Vote: 5 (Afleitch; Bacon King; Friz; Moderate; Sam Spade)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Nay to any amendment that says what public schools cannot teach.

[afleitch]

I'm going to abstain on this.

[Verily]

Revised Tally on Sensei's Amendment
Aye: 2 (Sensei; Speed of Sound)
Nay: 4 (Verily; Ebowed; Jake; Moderate)
Abstain: 1 (Afleitch)
Yet to Vote: 3 (Bacon King; Friz; Sam Spade)

[Bacon King]

abstain.

[Sam Spade]

No.  I oppose this legislation as well.

[Verily]

Result on Sensei's Amendment
Aye: 2 (Sensei; Speed of Sound)
Nay: 5 (Verily; Ebowed; Jake; Moderate; Sam Spade)
Abstain [Voted]: 2 (Afleitch; Bacon King)
Abstain [Didn't vote]: 1 (Friz)

With five opposed and two abstentions, this amendment fails.

[Verily]

With debate having ceased, I now move for a final vote on this legislation.


We are now voting on the final passage of the following legislation. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.


Metric Conversion Act

1. The government of Atlasia shall convert to a dual usage of metric and imperial units in all relevant affairs, effective three months after passage.
2. The use of imperial units shall thereafter be phased out of use by the government of Atlasia as seen fit by its constituent parts but on a plan ending no later than January 1, 2015.
3. The government of Atlasia shall invest in the establishment of a metric system education program to inform citizens and residents of Atlasia on the workings of the metric system.


Aye

[Sam Spade]

Nay - not a fascist.

[Ebowed]

Aye

[afleitch]

Abstain

[Sensei]

aye

[Verily]

Tally on Final Passage
Aye: 3 (Verily; Ebowed; Sensei)
Nay: 1 (Sam Spade)
Abstain: 1 (Afleitch)
Yet to vote: 5 (Bacon King; Friz; Jake; Moderate; Speed of Sound)

[Speed of Sound]

Aye- am a fascist (apparently)

[Verily]

Revised Tally on Final Passage
Aye: 4 (Verily; Ebowed; Sensei; Speed of Sound)
Nay: 1 (Sam Spade)
Abstain: 1 (Afleitch)
Yet to vote: 4 (Bacon King; Friz; Jake; Moderate)