SB46

SB46-HKrondorfer, RMayer, ZStahl =**__ Equal Education __ **=
 * Sponsors:** HKrondorfer(Iowa Republican), RMayer (Mississippi Republican), ZStahl (Oklahoma Democrat)


 * Purpose:** This bill is trying to accomplish equal education for everyone, rich or poor. This should be affordable education and equal so that students from all the same grade levels have the same knowledge on the subjects they are studying in school. For the people who dont have a lot of money, they would get a two-year SCHOOL SUPPLY scholarship to the school district in their area.


 * Eligibility:** This bill applies to students from poor families grades K-12 and anyone else that needs an education. THE PROGRAM IS LIMITED BY THE YEARLY BUDGET TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MAY BE SUPPORTED.


 * Terms & Benefits:** We are trying to allow poor families with children, ages K-12, to get an equal education with a two-year paid scholarship. The way we would do this is by, first finding the poor families in need of education. Those families would be found in the poor cities, such as: Detroit, MI; Buffalo, NY; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Miami, FL; St. Louis, MO; El Paso, TX; Milwaukee, WI; Philadelphia, PA; and Newark, NJ. Then, we would check their financial background to make sure they actually need the education so that they dont just get a free two year scholarship.. This would be possible by checking the amounts of money they have in the bank the the money on their credit cards, their savings, and thir income. Then we would look up the things that they have bought in the past month, finding out the average cost of their spending. Also, people would check the debt of the poor families and their living conditions. The people have to have poor or no current education in any subject. Next, we would offer the scholarship to them and see if they would take our offer, the scholarship would include taxes and needed supplies. Those supplies would include: number 2 pencils, colored pencils, erasers, pens of different colors, highlighters, notebooks, loose-leaf paper, ruler, binders, folders, pencil case, calculators, index cards, notebook dividers, markers, and more. Then if the families chose to continue with education after the two years, they would be able to pay with the money that they saved up during the two years of free education. With the money that they saved up, they can then go onto higher grades and even college. This bill only grants scholarships to those in grades kindergarten to twelfth grade. THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH FUNDING BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.


 * Fiscal Impact:** To pay for this bill, we would need enough money to pay for the supplies and the taxes for the underprivileged families. The average cost would be from $500,000,000 to $750,000,000. We would increase taxes .6% to help pay for this bill.


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