Social policy

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1. Identify a current or proposed state or national social welfare policy bill. Be specific; give name and number of the bill/proposed policy. Is this state or national level policy? If a state policy, what state?

2. Briefly describe in your own words the intended goal or purpose of this policy?

3. When was the last action taken on this bill? Has it already passed both houses to become law?

4. Who is/was the sponsor of this bill? Is the identified person affiliated with the Republican or Democratic party?

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5. Identify and briefly describe one Internet website that is useful for finding information related to your identified policy. Include the name of the site and a URL/address. Your chosen website should provide a direct link to the legislation you have identified. Examples for national level policy include the 

Library of Congress

 and 

govtrack.us

.

State level legislation can generally be found on the

 

state legislative home page

 of the particular state. Briefly describe some of the useful things that can be found on your chosen website as they relate to your identified legislation.

6. Identify and briefly describe one advocacy group with whom you could be involved if you were attempting to influence this legislation. Include the name of each group and a working web address for their organization. Does this group support or oppose the identified legislation?

7. Identify one key player who supports this proposal. What arguments does he or she use to support the legislation? Include brief quotes with proper citations.

8. Identify one key player who opposes this proposal. What arguments does he or she use to oppose the legislation? Include brief quotes with proper citations.

Links

Examples for national level policy include:

Library of Congress –

https://www.loc.gov

Govtrack.us –

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/

State level legislation can generally be found on the

State legislative – https://www.ncsl.org/aboutus/ncslservice/state-legislative-websites-directory.aspx

ASSIGNMENT 1

· I am in the state of Texas.

· The governor of my state is Greg Abbott.

· I am in State Senatorial district 1 represented by State Senator is Bob Hall.

· I am in House District 1; my state Representative is Gary VanDeaver.

· My U.S. Senators are John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

· A useful website for understanding government in my state is

Texas.gov | The Official Website of the State of Texas

. In this website, one can get all the information about this wonderful state. Some of the information provided includes health matters, the services provided by the Texas government agencies, how to make the business grow, recreation activities, culture, and others.

· One of the controversial social policies in my state is “A new Texas law bars transgender student athletes from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity”. According to opponents, a law that protects women’s sports does not need to be passed. Critics say cisgender women and girls might be adversely affected. Transgender kids’ mental health and well-being would be adversely affected, but the bill will also promote bias towards the transgender community.

· The Texas Active shooter alert program (house bill 103) passed into law in the year 2021. This bill was sponsored by Brooks Landgraf. The purpose of this law is to alert the public of local active shooter situations and encourage them to either leave the area or take cover in place to preserve lives and avert widespread carnage.

References

Landgraf, B. (2020, November 9). Texas House of Representatives. Landgraf, Brooks Member News Releases. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://house.texas.gov/news/press-releases/?id=7207 

Welcome to Texas.gov. Texas.gov | The Official Website of the State of Texas. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.texas.gov/ 

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Assignment 1 Rubric
Activity: Assignment 1

Course: HUMS 365 DEA – *AMERICAN SOCIAL POLICY

Name: Travis McCalman

Criteria Exceeds standard Meets standard Does not meet standard Absent or no evidence Criterion Score

Student’s name 1 / 1

Legislators 10 / 12

State government

website

9 / 10

Controversial issue 6 / 10

State legislation 9.5 / 12

1 point 0 points

0 points

12 points

Name of state, Governor of

the state, State Senator,

senate district, State

Representative, state House

district, US House

Representative and district,

and U.S. Senators are clearly

and accurately stated.

6 points

Minimal attempt to answer

the questions; several of the

answers are incorrect or

missing; does not use full

sentences, just names, reader

is unable to validate due to

lack of

clarity.

0 points

Information not present.

Criterion Feedback

Who is your U.S. House Representative?

7 points

Identifies a website but does

not identify by both name

and web address. Brief, non-

specific description that is

not very helpful to the

reader.

5 points

Identifies a website, but

discussion is minimal or non-

existent.

Identifies a non-state specific

website.

0 points
Information not present.
Criterion Feedback

You need to provide a website, not a hyper

link.

10 points

Clearly identifies a

controversial state issue.

Discusses the controversy

making both sides of the

issue very

clear.

7 points
Clearly identifies a
controversial state issue.

Discussion needs a bit

further elaboration to make

both sides of the controversy

clear.
0 points
Information not present.
Criterion Feedback

Controversy and two sides need to be more clear. Your quote is uncited and it is not clear what women’s sports has to do with a transgender law. In a controversy, one

side says _____ and the other side says ______. Could be more clear.

Note – quotes need to be cited.

12 points

Fully and correctly answers

the questions:

Identifies state legislation by

6 points
Minimal attempt to answer
the questions; several of the
answers are incorrect or
0 points
Information not present.

1 point

9 points

Answers the questions, but

one or two of the answers to

the six questions are

incorrect or missing. (2 points

deducted for each incorrect

or missing answer)

10 points

Clearly identifies, by name

and web address, a useful

website for understanding

state government in

identified state of residence.

5 points

Identifies a potentially

controversial issue, but does

not make the controversy

that surrounds this issue

clear.
9 points
Answers the questions, but
one or two of the answers to

the six components of this

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Total

Overall Score

Grammar and mechanics 3.75 / 4

APA style 0.75 / 1

name and number, identifies

the sponsor of the legislation;

Provides a brief description

of the legislation;

provides a clear statement of

whether this bill is proposed

legislation or current law.

What was the last action

taken on this legislation?

Answer includes a working

link.
missing; does not use full

sentences, discussion lacks

clarity.

Selected legislation is federal

and not state level legislation.

Criterion Feedback

Be more – specific – “what and when was the last action taken”? When was this bill signed into law by the Governor? Missing a direct website linked to the bill.

3 points

Use of full sentences and

minor

errors in grammar,

punctuation, capitalization,

and spelling.

1 point

Incomplete sentences, and

major errors in grammar,

punctuation, capitalization,
and spelling.
0 points
Information not present.
Criterion Feedback

For the most part, good. Capitalize proper nouns – Like House, Senate, etc.

1 point

All references and citations

follow APA style and no

errors.

0.25 points

Some references and

citations follow APA and/or

major errors.

0 points
Information not present.
Criterion Feedback

You make an honest effort to cite, but this is not APA. Internal quotes need a citation that includes author, year, and page or paragraph number.

References – get rid of italics, Never cite by website, cite by author, Texas Government Homepage (year). Title, website.

Do not need “Retrieved from”.

Level 4
45 points minimum

Level 3
37.5 points minimum

Level 2
30 points minimum

Level 1
0 points minimum

question are incorrect or

missing. (2 points deducted

for each incorrect or missing

answer).

4 points

Use of full sentences and no

errors in grammar,
punctuation, capitalization,
and spelling.

0.5 points

All references and citations

follow APA style and minor

errors.

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