SB8

SB8 __**Addition to School Curriculum**__ AStarrTN(R), SPalmerAR(R) and JHaumanNH(R)

Education, Criminal Justice and Civil Rights
 * Issue Category:**

Reduce crime rate and inform people early about citizenship.
 * Purpose:**
 * Could reduce crime rate because of the knowledge of what could happen if you are caught breaking the law.
 * Will encourage intelligent voting and improve life decisions.


 * Eligibility:**
 * High school students (grades 9-12) in public schools.


 * Terms and Benefits:**
 * Individual schools decide how to add Citizenship as a class into the curriculum, to avoid
 * Schools must teach the specific topics set up into the curriculum
 * Students will take this course their 9th grade year and be required to pass it with a C+ prior to graduation.

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 * Fiscal Impact:**
 * Money to pay teachers (most teachers get about $15 an hour depending on the grade they teach and how long they have been teaching)[|(2)]
 * Pay people to make curriculum and decide what to put into the curriculum (needs to be approved by the Board of Education and has to follow Content Standards)
 * Pay for supplies ( worksheets, etc.)
 * The internet could be used instead of textbooks, as many organizations already have a number of citizenship websites available.[|(3)]
 * =====**How to pay for the cost:**=====
 * Federal government will set aside $2 millon annually, with annual re-evaluations of spending, lowered to $1 million after 5 years.
 * Volunteering will be encouraged via social media outlets to cover some unskilled work costs.
 * Solutions:**
 * This will lower the crime rate in America, which will lower the amount of money spent on justice[|(1)].
 * It might also raise awareness about voting, solving our apathy problem.
 * This bill would also give our country a better future and decrease public cynicism.
 * Vocabulary:**
 * **Content Standards:** designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.