Background (What circumstances necessitate Congressional action?/What happened to the Bill in Congress? Did it pass, or die in committee?):
The bill entitled “The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws” was designed to expand the previous “AmeriCorps” program established in 1993. The bill is relevent to music education because it has an amendment that includes music education in the expansion criteria (voted in the senate by unanimous consent on 3-29-2009. The bill passed in the house on 3-18-2009 and in the senate, after being ordered to be amended, on 4-21-2009.
Goal of Action: To reform and expand the previous “AmeriCorps” program established in 1993 under the Clinton administration.
Specifics/Means of Goal: created 5 new service corps including the new education corps. Through an amendment, the education corps supports music and arts education services.
Type of Power (Is Congress acting according to an expressed or implied power? If it is implied, what expressed power grants it? - Check the Constitution to figure this out!): Congress is acting on the expressed power that allows congress, “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,” or in other words, the education system.
Analysis (Do you think Congress should do this according to its Constitutional powers?): Yes because it is within the powers of congress to support and education system.
1 comment:
I agree with this analysis; the "Americorps" program is very important and helpful to our society today.
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