Description
Public Policy Project Outline – US Fed Gov 2305
Topic – International Students Can Only Work 20 hours on campus, and on campus jobs are not always available, how to solve that issue. How to make a policiy where students wont be distracted working on a different feild, Idea ( allow them to work off-campus on certain feild of their major 20 hours during school session, and during school breaks (maybe summer, or other sem breaks, let them work more than that)
** The Outline is to be written in the form of an essay.**
What’s Your Why: Think about something that agitates you and makes you want a policy passed to ban the current law/policy or to reinvent the law/policy.
In a different light, think about a cause that you are passionate about that you’d like see policy passed over this cause. Weigh both options and think about how you would implement policy regarding your cause.
Choose Your Why: List your “why”- the reason why you have chosen to write your policy on this cause: Write your “why” here.
Double Check Your Why: Access the policy project instructions and list all subjects that you are instructed NOT to complete your policy on. List them here.
Research: Conduct research on policies around the world that are same or similar to your policy. Be sure to copy and paste your references here. Your research findings may not be more than 10 years old. Double check your research sources. 100 points will be deducted from presentations with article sources over 10 years old.
Policy Stages:
Access the policy project instructions. List each policy state and provide the definition of each policy stage.
Write what you think the definition of each policy means.
Write how you would respond to each policy stage.
Write questions you have for each policy stage.
If you do not have questions- write N/A
Discuss how you think an interest group could help get your policy passed.
What is lobbying? How will you use lobbying to help get your policy passed?
Discuss how you will use media to call attention to your policy proposal.
In your own words, discuss how a bill is passed.
Chapter References –
We the People
Chapter 5- Voting & Elections- how to get voters to vote for your policy proposal?
Chapter 6- Media- how will you use media to draw attention to your policy proposal?
Chapter 7- Interest Groups- Is there a current Interest Group that you can use to support your policy proposal or will you from a new Interest group?
Chapter 8- Legislative Branch- be able to discuss how a bill is passed and the bill passing process. How will the bill process affect your policy proposal being passed?
Chapter 11- Finance & Fiscal Policy- Be able to discuss the finance policy and how will you advocate funds from the appropriate budget to fund your policy. For example, if you policy is about education, how will you propose a certain percentage of the education budget to fund your policy.
Chapter 12- Public Policy- Read the chapter to better understand what public policy is.
