Legislative is a significant part of the Youth and Government program and the community. Legislation is a big part of the Youth and government program because it deals with writing, debating, and presenting bills.
According to the Youth and Government website, “This experience increases awareness of how our state government works and pertinent current events.” One student was deeply inspired by her teacher to pass a bill on the number of credible news sources in Texas. “My bill focuses on what is and isn’t a reliable news source. So we have news first coming from tons of different areas, whether it be your TV channels or the radio. My bill is just another precaution of what we can count as reliable or unbiased so we can use it for college essays and for actual sources, and we can trust the news coming from our state.” Rian Leiser said. She is very passionate about not only her bill but Youth and Government as well. “My teacher, our adviser, only shows us news from the New York Times because that is the only place he can trust and is the least biased, and they state if it’s a journal idea or article. So that inspired me to be like, well, what if we had a list of all the places stating that they were unbiased and following protocols.” Leiser said. For her, Youth and Government isn’t just a club but an insight into her future career. “Whenever they introduced the club a year ago when we first started for my school, I got excited like, oh my gosh, it’s just me doing what I wanna do forever, just two years early, so it was very exciting.” She is very hopeful for the outcome of this whole process. “I hope to carry these life lessons with me moving forward in life.”
Written by: Marley Nervais