S.21-3.5: Official Language of the South Act (Law'd)

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Official Language of the South Act

Section I. Title
i. This bill may be known as the “Official Language of the South Act”

Section II. Substance
i. English shall be the official language of the Southern Region
ii. Nothing in this act shall be construed to infringe upon the right of states and domestic dependent nations to adopt additional official languages beyond English.
iii. A total of $500,000,000 annually shall be block granted to the states in the Southern Region to fund English as a second or foreign language (hereafter "ESL") education programs
iv. The funds provided in this act shall be apportioned according to a state's share of ESL speakers as a total of the total number of ESL speakers in the South

Reintroducing this from the previous session with modifications. I think that the South should have an official language, and funds should be provided to help assist non-English speakers learn this official language.

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Motion for a final vote.

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Final vote, 48 hours.

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Aye

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This bill has enough votes to pass, delegates have 24 hours to change their vote if they wish

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This bill has passed 4-1 and will be sent to the Governor for signature