STUDENT MATERIALS
How does Nebraska’s current legislation address the issue of statewide water quality?
The Language of Bills and Laws
In this activity, you will read whichever of the following texts was assigned to your small groups:
- Text #1: “A Budding-Defective M2 Mutant Exhibits Reduced Membrane Interaction, Insensitivity to Cholesterol, and Perturbed Interdomain Coupling”
- Text #2: “To be, or not to be…”
- Text #3: “Soft Serve/Shake Combination Freezer Taylor Model C602” (pages 39-40)
- Text #4: “Sample Disclosures: Accounting for Income Taxes”
- Text #5: “San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Proposed Budget”
Reading Bills and Laws
In this activity, you will develop strategies for reading bills and laws. You will read LB1102 and work in small groups to fill out a corresponding “bill examination form.”
Reading Omnibus Bills and Laws
In this activity, you will learn about what an omnibus bill is and how to read one. You will read LB809 (an omnibus bill) and fill out a bill examination form for it.
Reviewing Relevant Legislation
In this activity, you will establish 1) what Nebraska’s water quality laws are currently like and 2) what relevant bills are currently on their way to being passed in this state. You may be asked to read an article about the “toothiness” of local California legislation. You will also read Nebraska bills and laws related to water quality and create files for them using a template.
“Does San Jose’s ‘Sunshine’ policy have teeth?”
List of Nebraska bills and laws related to water quality
Searching for More Information
In this activity, you will add to the files they created in the previous activity by searching for more information online. You will fill out section 8 of the bill/law file(s) you created during the previous activity.
Evaluating Bills and Laws – The Practice Round
In this activity, you will practice evaluating bills/laws. You may be used to fill out this guided handout.