Weekly
Schedule: Spring 2004
February
3 Group projects. Review reading
.
10 Deb Kollars, Jen Coleman visit. Read “Paying
for Schools”
17 Dan Weintraub visit. Group story selection.
24 Public Meeting selection. Legislator chosen.
Writing a preview story for a meeting. Writing the meeting story.Acquiring
personal information, campaign info, leg info.
March
2 First draft due for Group Story. Capitol tour.
9 Document selection for Legislative Profile. Group one
discussion..
How to follow a bill, write a bill story, cover a committee hearing.
16 Document report. Group final story due. Group 2 discussion.
23 Bill selection. (Research in class) Group 3 discussion.
30 Committee hearing
April
6 Spring Break
13 Deadline
for all committee hearings. Covering police. Guest speaker: Liz Hume.
Group 4 discussion.. Edna Buchanan discussion group.
20 Legislative Profile work day (in class).
27 Legislative
profile due. Covering courts. Group 5.
May
4 Court visit. Legislative
Profile new due date.
10 Final bill story due. Legislative
calendar. Glossary
of legislative terms. Rules
about how a bills becomes law
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