HB17

__Sponsors:__ ** **JStell****​​**, MD, democrat LComandatore, ID, Democrat F.O.R.S Religion (Freedom of Religion in Schools)
 * HB17, Civil Liberties

__ Purpose: __ ** This bill has many purposes to it. This bill would create more private schools for religious kids to practice their beliefs. This would give the first amendment complete religious freedom on students within schools and provide a more free country and classroom.

__**Elgibility:**__ This bill will only apply to students enrolled within a private school that has been opened and is funded by this bill. Also any student enrolled within all public schools will be eligible. A ny citizen over the age of 6 (six) to 18 (eighteen) will be characterized in the count for the 1500 (fifteen hundred) kids, and only cities that reach this minimum number of citizens will have to pay the tax.

__**Terms and Benefits:**__

This bill will work in multiple processes. The first step will be that a private school of only one religion will be opened if there is a population of over 1,500 (fifteen hundred) students in one city. The bill will provide the students with the ability to interact with their own religion and learn more about through schooling. If a city does not reach the minimum number of citizens than they will attend the public school. The public school will allow complete religious freedom to its students, therefore fully completing the first amendment of religious freedom. This bill will also be safeguarded against court cases. Since religious freedom is guaranteed in the first amendment the school cannot be called in a court of law because it is the first amendment they will be challenging. The private school will be funded publicly in a mandatory taxing, and the public school will be funded publicly by the taxes as well.

__** Fiscal Impact: **__

The bill will be funded publicly, and will be a mandatory tax. A new tax will be created by raising taxes by 1.5% (one point five percent). This extra increase will pay for new private schools across the country that are eligible for this bill. A 1.5% on citizens will allow 5 (five) billion dollars to be spent funding the Private schools that are eligible. 200,000 (two-hundred thousand) will be spent on transportation 10,000 (ten thousand) will be spent on gas and electricity for the schools 300,000 (three hundred thousand) will be spent on labor and staffing 100,000 (one-hundred thousand) will be spent on equipment and internal stocking 700,000 (seven-hundred thousand) will be spent on construction of the private school