HB64


 * House Bill Number:** HB64

MMacIntyre, Minnesota, Republican, Education **State Page Link-** http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/MMacintyre
 * Sponsors:** SShock, Wisconsin, Democratic, Education **State Page Link-** http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/SShock


 * Bill Title**: Stay to Play

in school and take the classes they enjoy. This would decrease the dropout rate by keeping the students in school to take classes they are good at. This could include staying in school in order to play a sport, play an instrument, or to take culinary classes. These are the classes that can earn students scholarships and help them to their future careers. This bill will allow schools to create and maintain fine arts programs that will interest the students. When students are not good at regular classes, but are good at fine arts, they will do better in schools if they have the right classes. The Stay to Play bill allows students to have these classes by providing funding to the schools fine arts programs. If the schools have more money that can be used for fine arts classes, then they will make these classes.
 * Purpose:** The Stay and Play bill would help keep fine art programs in public schools to encourage students to stay

of June 1st- September 1st. They must tell what they will be using the money for, and then they must chosen from the applicants.
 * Eligibility**: This bill is available to all Public High schools in the United States who apply to a grant within the time frame

announce the schools the schools who have earned the grant. The schools will be notified on January 15th. purposes of the fine arts. that school will immediately be cut from the Stay to Play funding for future years.
 * Terms and Benefits-**
 * 1.)** Advertise, through commercials, what the Stay to Play bill will do to help public high schools and students around the nation.
 * 2.)** Collect all applications from the high schools. Applications can be turned in from June 1st- September 1st.
 * 3.)** Government workers will look through all the entrees, and decide which schools are most deserving of the grant. They will then
 * 4.)** The funding will be given to the chosen public high schools around the United States. This money would only be allowed to be used for the
 * 5.)** Monitor where the money is going and for what purpose. If the money is not staying in the fine arts field in any school, then

supplies (paper, envelopes, and computers) that will be used to inform schools wheather or not they will be receiving money from the Stay to Play bill. || watch the money flow to make sure it is only used for fine arts, and to pay for the workers to read submissions. They will select the schools that will receive the grants. These 200 government workers will earn $7.50 an hour and work for eight hours, five days a week. || schooling of the workers who choose which schools earn the grant. || commercial advertisements that will allow schools to gain more specific knowledge as of how to earn and use this grant. || will be given out to the public high schools as a grant for funding ($114,000 for each school that is chosen.) Two schools from each state will be chosen every year. Each of these schools will be given $64,000 to pay two teachers and an additional $50,000 to use on miscellaneous supplies for the fine arts class. They would receive the grant for two years in order to try to keep the teachers in the school. || $28,874,400 ||< First year All years following ||
 * Fiscal Impact:**
 * = Category ||< Amount $ ||= Description ||
 * = Equipment ||< $1,000,000 ||< This would be the basic office
 * = Labor ||< $2,974,400 ||< This is will pay the workers to
 * = Education ||< $2,000,000 ||= This will be used to pay for the
 * = Marketing ||< $100,000 ||= This will be put towards
 * < Transportation || $0 ||  ||
 * = Legal ||< $0 ||=  ||
 * = Other ||< $11,400,000 ||= This is the amount of money that
 * = Total ||< $17,474,400