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Lobbying: Sex Ed 101

Posted by Anonymous in American Government - Laufenberg on
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Post 1&2 Study the Issues

What are you lobbying for, against or to change?I am lobbying to have sex education taught in public schools.

Elaborate on your motivation for investigating and influencing public policy? Some Americans argue over whether sex ed is something that should be taught in schools. 7% of Americans believe that sex ed shouldn't be taught in school. They believe that "talking" about it would cause more teen pregnancy, but after viewing the hit MTV seris 16 and Pregnant many of the girls expressed wishing they would have waited and that they had been better educated on sex, protection and STDs.

Who are the main supporters of your lobbying idea? Most teenagers and some parents

Who are the main opponents of your lobbying idea? Some parents and teenagers

Is there any pending legislation dealing with your lobbying idea? Explain. If there is not, what would you like to see proposed. Elaborate.  I would like to making that sex ed is something that every high school student in America most take, I guess it would be best to start small for example in different cities have this something they make happened in their school district.  


Post 3: 1. What is the status of your issue at the legislature? Is this a "good" year?
I think that it is a great year to try and help teenagers learn about safe sex and not just abstinence, the US government only promoted abstinence-only sex education since 1996 to the tune of $50 million each year. The sex ed classes that school do have just talk about NOT having sex and if you do use a condom. Very few of them talk about the high risk of pregnancy and STDs. This is something that needs to be changed, but many parents are against their children learning about sex in the classroom. If sex is taught in the classroom it would allow the student to be more comfortable talking to their parents about the topic.
2. Who is essential to the outcome?
I would say the school districts directors, but in order to get them on together parents have to come together.



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Lobbying: Sex Ed 101

Posted by Anonymous in American Government - Laufenberg on
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Post 1&2 Study the Issues

What are you lobbying for, against or to change?I am lobbying to have sex education taught in public schools.

Elaborate on your motivation for investigating and influencing public policy? Some Americans argue over whether sex ed is something that should be taught in schools. 7% of Americans believe that sex ed shouldn't be taught in school. They believe that "talking" about it would cause more teen pregnancy, but after viewing the hit MTV seris 16 and Pregnant many of the girls expressed wishing they would have waited and that they had been better educated on sex, protection and STDs.

Who are the main supporters of your lobbying idea? Most teenagers and some parents

Who are the main opponents of your lobbying idea? Some parents and teenagers

Is there any pending legislation dealing with your lobbying idea? Explain. If there is not, what would you like to see proposed. Elaborate.  I would like to making that sex ed is something that every high school student in America most take, I guess it would be best to start small for example in different cities have this something they make happened in their school district.  


Post 3: 1. What is the status of your issue at the legislature? Is this a "good" year?
I think that it is a great year to try and help teenagers learn about safe sex and not just abstinence, the US government only promoted abstinence-only sex education since 1996 to the tune of $50 million each year. The sex ed classes that school do have just talk about NOT having sex and if you do use a condom. Very few of them talk about the high risk of pregnancy and STDs. This is something that needs to be changed, but many parents are against their children learning about sex in the classroom. If sex is taught in the classroom it would allow the student to be more comfortable talking to their parents about the topic.
2. Who is essential to the outcome?
I would say the school districts directors, but in order to get them on together parents have to come together.



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Posted by Matthew O'Toole in American Government - Laufenberg on
The task that we chose to do was filling out a Protection from Abuse Order. If someone is being stalked or abused by a previous spouse or relation, a person is allowed to file for a PFA. This process requires a lot of paper work, time and patience. When filling it out, the papers asked a lot of questions and for detail. I would assume the questions and descriptions are so no one can file one under the wrong circumstances.

Bureaucracy Reflection: Flow Chart for FAFSA

Posted by Lenea Harris in American Government - Laufenberg on
  • My partner and I, Amber chose to create a flow chart that displayed the process of completing the FAFSA. FAFSA means Free Application for Federal Student Aid. With completion of the application, eligible students receive federal aid to pay for college. Amber and I decided to identify the main components of the process first. Then, we went into further research to find the step- by- step procedures, and all of the small details that take effect on the process of filling out a FAFSA. We made a rough draft of the steps and continued to edit it until we both agreed on the information and the format of how the information would be displayed. We made our flowchart on a website where we both could work on it at the same time. 

    The actual FAFSA application is pretty simple as long as you have the information you need. If you are a student with no job, and no source of income, then your section of completing the application is easy. The parents are the ones who may have to calculate yearly income and things like that, but the application doesn't call for too much. It can be completed in one sitting. 

    If I could change one thing about the FAFSA process, I'd change how it determines the 'Expected Family Contribution'. The application requires student and parents to input tax information and they use that information to determine how much money a person should be able to afford to pay for his college education. I'd change that because in my situation, the tax returns and the amount of my money that my family can actually afford to pay will be two completely different results. 

    I don't think that FAFSA is entirely complicated, but anything that deals with receiving money from the government wether it's free money or loaned money will not a very simple process. Any process that involves the government will reflect the government, and the government is not simple.