Mideast Assembly Thread

[Anna Komnene]

Recognizing Language Diversity Act

1. Recognizing the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity within the Mideast region, public elementary and secondary schools are hereby required to offer classes in at least two foreign languages.  One of these foreign languages must be Spanish while the second foreign language may be determined by state and local policy.

2. Elementary and secondary schools offering classes in two or more foreign languages may request aid from the Mideast Department of Education.  Upon receiving a written request, the Mideast Department of Education is required to grant support to the school in question to help cover the costs of at least two but no more than three foreign languages. Schools which receive support by the Mideast Department of Education are required to use all funding and/or logistic help for the purposes designed in Section 1 of this Act.

[Anna Komnene]

Mideast Regional Museums Act

1) $150 million in funding shall be allocated to contract an architect and construction team to build a Mideast Regional Art Museum and a Mideast Regional Museum of Natural History, as well as to procure and maintain initial exhibits for each museum.

2) The Mideast Regional Art Museum shall be constructed in Cleveland, Ohio.

3) The Mideast Regional Museum of Natural History shall be constructed in Indianapolis, Indiana.

4) Each regionally funded museum in the Mideast must contain at least one exhibit focusing on local art, science, or history.

[Anna Komnene]

Standardizing the Voting Booth Act

All elections held in the Mideast Region will begin at 16:00 Eastern Standard Time on the Thursday dictated by the Mideast Constitution and conclude 72 hours thereafter.

[Anna Komnene]

Mideast Comprehensive Sex Education Act

Recognizing that the best way to reduce sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies is to provide comprehensive and progressive sex education as part of curricula:

1. $15 million will be requested from the Federal Department of Internal Affairs and made available to public schools to support the development and production of sex education programs across the Mideast region.

2. Programs using this funding must address the following areas in a comprehensive, technical, and impartial fashion:

a) Contraception use and availability for both men and women.
     1) Programs must provide a summary of all available contraceptives for both men and women, including advantages and disadvantages of each, how to use them, and where they can be obtained.
     2) Recognizing that men and women have different contraceptive needs, public schools must make options available to each gender in school nurse offices and health centers.
     3) Programs must explain the risks associated with being sexually active in an impartial manner, including sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy.

b) Sexuality and gender identity
    1) Programs should explain sexuality and gender identity as a natural phenomena, encourage students to be sensitive to the feelings of one another, and discourage bullying of any kind.
    2) Impartial counselors should be made available for students to discuss their feelings about sexuality and gender identity issues.
    3) School employees are expressly forbidden to attempt to alter the sexual orientation or gender identity of any student.

3. In order to comply with the Atlasian Comprehensive Sex Education Bill 2013, this program must be endorsed by the Federal Department of Internal Affairs prior to commencement and will be reviewed annually to ensure best information is transmitted.

[Anna Komnene]

Voting Booth Times Notification Act

1.  For any given election, the Governor or Voting Booth Administrator of the Mideast shall notify citizens of the time he or she expects to open the voting booth at least 72 hours prior to the election in a public thread.

2.  If for any reason the opening time of the election must be altered, the Governor shall make every possible effort to inform citizens of the change in the same thread as the original notification.

[Anna Komnene]

Right to Love Act

The Mideast Assembly condemns the practice of "ex-gay" conversion therapy as a reprehensible and fraudulent scientific procedure that causes more harm than good.  Therefore:

1. The practice of ex-gay conversion therapy is hereby banned throughout the Mideast Region.

2. Any licensed medical professional caught practicing ex-gay conversion therapy shall have their medical license revoked and subjected to a fine of up to $50,000.

3. Any citizen attempting to impersonate a licensed medical professional in order to perform ex-gay conversion therapy shall be subjected to a fine of up to $100,000 and/or up to one year in prison.

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Hey Inks, are the bills from last session still on the floor or do they need to be re-proposed?

[Anna Komnene]

I'm honored by the nomination but respectfully decline.

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Mideast Assembly Vacancy Amendment

Article III, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Mideast Constitution shall be amended to read:

In the case of a vacancy in the Mideast Assembly, a special election shall be held to elect a new member of the Assembly.

a) The special election must take place at least 7 but not more than 14 days following the vacancy. The voting booth shall open between midnight Eastern Standard Time on a Thursday and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter and close exactly 72 hours later.

b) In order to be a candidate on the ballot, a candidate must declare their candidacy on the Candidate Declaration Thread at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of the election.

c) If the next regularly scheduled election for the Assembly is 14 days or less after the vacancy occurs, the Governor shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy until the election.

[Anna Komnene]

Repeal of the Teaching Reform Act of 2012

The "Teaching Reform Act of 2012" is hereby repealed.