This spring Civics 101hosts Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy asked K-12 students from around the Granite State and across the country to record a short audio or video clip using the prompt: There Ought To Be a Law.
They asked students to identify a problem and propose a law to help solve it.
This is the fourth year Civics 101 invited students to put their skills and interest to the test, as a hands-on way to explore the fundamentals of U.S. democracy and its institutions.
You can hear the full episode announcing the winners as well as commentary on these laws would fair in the halls of the legislature with NH State Senator David Watters here:
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This year's winner is Anette Diaz (Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey). Hear her winning submission about supporting low income students, here:
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And here are a few finalists:
Katherine Gage (Windham, NH) and Abby Stark (Hooksett, NH) -- There Ought To Be A Law about taxing carbon emmission:
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Nestor Illijoski (New Jersey) -- There Ought To Be A Law about prison over-crowding:
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Emily Cheng (California) -- There Ought To Be A Law about requiring life skills classes:
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Tasfia Ahmad (New Jersey) -- There Ought To Be A Law about menstral equity:
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And last but not least, our youngest entrant...here's Bryce from New Hampshire who thinks There Ought To Be A Law about cows having more room to be cows:
