Is Equal Financial Funding the Answer to Poverty Gaps in Schools? Education is arguably one of the most significant facets of life. Like it or not, our education determines many factors in the lives of citizens from occupation, to social status. A good education, regardless of an individual’s level of intelligence, can mean the difference…
Senate Bill 1-107 would require officers to administer a breathalyzer test to minors in order to charge them with underage drinking. This bill would provide protection for minors and would further the 14th amendment by reducing the amount of unfair charges. This was a highly debated bill that was eventually passed after a lot of…
By: Darian Macias Leroy Garcia is from the Democratic Party and a senator who is currently representing Pueblo, Pueblo West, and part of the community of Salt Creek. Before working in the Colorado State Senate, Senator Garcia was a legislator for the Colorado House of Representative, and was one of the youngest members to be…
By: Victoria Córdova About YIG: Youth in Government was established in 1948 in Colorado and since then, has been a wonderful experience and opportunity for students attending high school. This program is a way to gather students from across the country, and have their knowledge combined to debate in situations that actual senators, representatives, legislators, and…
By: Yessica Ramos The importance of leadership, evaluating the value of our experiences, and leading a well balanced, sensible yet exciting life are all principles that President of the Colorado Senate, Dan Pabon, advocates in the youth. Dan Pabon is a state representative from house district four, and came to talk to the students participating…
By: Julien Beai As a quick disclaimer before the actual article, I agree with House Bill 4-403’s premise and core idea. However, in practice and implementation, it would promote a drastic cut in funding and allow for disadvantage to take place. This bill originally did not make sense to me, so let me try to…
By: Jordan Emery and Jacob Bolen The Judicial Branch of our government plays a vital role in evaluating the Constitutionality of bills. This vitality plays a similar role in the mock trials of the Youth in Government Program. Judges work together with the the Attorney General, and other attorneys to open the floor for debate.…
By: Rebecca Bennett Today at Youth In Government we had the honor of listening to guest speaker Polly Lawrence, an American politician of the Republican party and a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She has represented District 39 since 2013. She has served five years in the Colorado House of Representatives. Her first…
By: Phillip M. Montero Matthews Senate Bill 2-206 aims to provide a foundation budget for each individual student enrolled at a respective school. In the text of section 1 line 1, a foundation budget is defined as, “being adequate spending level for a school based on an equitable combination of local property taxes and state…
By:Mary Goodwin House Bill 4-407 pertains school equal school funding, which requires all schools in Colorado to receive equal funds based on an area’s population. This bill would require funding to be equal for every school in Colorado based on population, not their property value. The way the schools are being funded now is affecting…
By Jorja Whyte Gun control is perhaps one of the most widely debated topics throughout the state, nation, and even the world. In a society, where gun violence and mass shootings are at an all time high, government officials across the state have proposed controversial solutions to put a stop to the rising death tolls…
By: Darian Macias House Bill 3-303, an act to insure ten square feet of space per chicken, initiated to give the chicken a more comfortable space for their living conditions. The bill stated that keeping hens in a very limited space such, “small confined battery cages,” and not allowing them to be themselves is, “inhumane.”…
