DGretzinger

DGretzinger Bill:Hb31 Congress man: [|Mike Fortner] Partner in Bill:Conor

__Five Interesting Facts__
 * Nicknamed land of the Lincoln
 * Forty-three state parks
 * Has the tallest Building in the U.S. the Sears tower
 * Sixth most populated state
 * Chicago is the Third Largest city

__Five Facts relating to my Topic__
 * The graduation rate is 77%
 * The drop out rate is 31%
 * The state rank is 15 national
 * There are 1,101 school districts
 * There are 2,100,403 students in Illinois

__3 important issues__

Issue one; Gun Control I think that we should not have a gun ban. If we have a gun ban we would be going against the second amendment. We have this second amendment to protect ourselves in case we needed to. maybe from a home invasion or a local militia needed to be created to help protect our homes or families if the military cant do that for any reason. I agree with controlling gun sales but not banning them.

Issue two; economy I believe that we should stop making stimulus plans. These plans are not helping the economy. They are making kids in the future in dept before they are born. many of the things written in this plan does not deal with helping the economy. Like giving the government officials fuel hybrid cars. Instead we should be focusing on creating jobs. This is the same way we got out of the great depression.

Issue three; Education This topic should be on the top of our list. It is very important for us to create better education for everyone. Without education we wont learn from the past, became greater in science, and we would not any more medical or technological advancements making our country stuck in the past. We will not be able to go forward, but if we work on education we will be able to go forward with society and learning. I believe that we should increase education for future education.

Bill:Hb31 This is an important bill for the house to pass. This Bill is designed to help children, teachers, and schools to be better. Many countries in the world do not have schools. Even if they do have schools that are not high quality. This is a thing we can afford to give our kids so we should give them the best. I want to do this bill because I would like for this country to grow. In this bill we give collage scholarships and supplies to kids in America who can't afford it. This bill will help our country become smarter.

Education, Making Education Equal - Conor

HB.31

__Sponsers__: Conor O'Callaghan, MO Democrat; Daniel Gretzinger, IL Republican

__Purpose__: The Purpose of this bill is to give all legal citizens between the ages of seven and seventeen an equal chance and right to a school with a sutible amount of supplies and space. Equaltiry for all children in the United States. This only applies for public schools, NOT private schools.

__Eligibility__: HB.31 will apply for all peoples under the age of eighteen and over the age of six taking part in a public school system of the United States of America. This bill will also help the families of the people in the schoool buying helping them with financial needs.

__Terms and Benefits__: 1- Taxes will be raised on households across the United SDtates to help get money to make this bill possible. 2- The money collected from the taxes will go directly to the supplies (such as binders, pencils, computers, rulers, calculators, books, desks, and SmartBoards), land for building the school on, the materials needed for building new schools, and money for paying the teachers who will work at the school. 3- When schools run out of supplies to give to their students, more supplies will be given directly to the families of the students. 4- Land will be bought close to the center of large cities to make transportation easier for students to get to school. 5- People will be hired to build the schools fast and cheap. 6- Public transportation will be set in place to help students get to school faster and safer (includes buses, school zopnes, and parking lots).

__Fiscal Impact__:
 * The price of land per acre is around $1,000. Each school system has over one-hundred acres.
 * The average cost to build a new school with all the supplies necessary for it is between $10 million and $20 million. The school gets more expensive when there are more people in it.
 * Teachers get payed on average between $40,000 and $45,000 per year. They start out making a little more then $30,000 per year, but they gradually make more per year as they stay at the school longer.

__Sources:__ 1. Robinson, Gale. "School Building." (2002): n. pag. Web. 18 May 2010. <[]>. 2. "Earl Warren: quote on equality in education." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 18 May 2010. <[]>. 3. "//Brown v. Board of Education// (1954)." //American Government//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 18 May 2010. <[]>. 4. "//Plyler v. Doe// (1982)." //American Government//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 18 May 2010. <[]>.

5. Jackson, Jesse. //Thomas//. N.p., 16 mar 2009. Web. 19 May 2010. <[|http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:3:./temp/~bd0mCn]::|/bss/111search.html|>.

6. Franken,. //Thomas//. N.p., 19 nov 2009. Web. 19 May 2010. <[|http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:8:./temp/~bd0mCn]::|/bss/111search.html|>.

7. Marshell, Jim. //Thomas//. N.p., 23 mar 2009. Web. 19 May 2010. <[|http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:4:./temp/~bd0mCn]::|/bss/111search.html|>.

8. "Equality and Education." //Site Highlite// (2010): n. pag. Web. 20 May 2010. <[]>.

9. "Thr Fight for Equal Education." (2002): n. pag. Web. 20 May 2010. <[]>.

10. "20 Troubling Facts about American Education." //Catholic Education Resource Center//. Web. 20 May 2010. <[]>.