SB 110-23: Streets to Schools Act of 2022 (Debating)

[RC (a la Frémont)]

As no one has spoken on the bill yet, I will give a full justification for its existence. The opportunities for lower income Atlasians to gain socioeconomic monility are unfortunately few and far between. Many take to the streets in desperation, turning to gangs and committing crimes including drug trafficking. This bill aims to take a sizable portion of our less fortunate population and give them an economic opportunity for the future in exchange for product that is illegally peddled in our streets.

The working theory is that if given the opportunity of higher education, those who have fallen to dangerous street work will take said opportunity to make a better living for themselves and their family. This sociological approach would target to decrease both the rising population of street gangs but also drug trafficking and in turn prison populations. This is not intended to be a free handout, but a mutually agreed upon deal to both keep our streets clean and our young citizens on the right path for legitimate success in life.

I yield with the note that I will field any questions directed to me.

[RC (a la Frémont)]

I am uncertain what C+ indicates here since + isn't used in my university's grading scales. Maybe it would be better to replace that with 75% average instead?

I appreciate your concerns, Senator. I want a priority for this bill to keep a high water mark for those given this opportunity. I believe that can be a simple fix for the confusion as any letter grade can be feasibly converted into a number grade, however, 75% might be slightly too low. Would you agree that 78% would be closer to a C+ as an aggregate?

[RC (a la Frémont)]

There are eighteen people in this body and not one of them appears to have noticed they dropped the ball on the funding section.

To be fair it was a lame duck session but jeez, not a good start for this session.

[RC (a la Frémont)]

I think this is fully salvageable if we pass it and Cao just vetoes and redrafts with a funding amount. No need to go through the whole process again because this is a very good bill with a hole we forgot to fix

Yeah, I'll be sure to resubmit immediately, easy fix.

[RC (a la Frémont)]

*checks watch*

[RC (a la Frémont)]

I accept the redraft.

[RC (a la Frémont)]

Been busy so I just saw this. Just wanted to say it means a lot to have popular and bipartisan support for this legislation. I think this is going to help many citizens who otherwise wouldn't have an opportunity to advance their education. Happy to see this come through.