Updated at 8:33 a.m., Sunday, March 25, 2007
Youth Legislature lets students try hand at lawmaking
Advertiser Staff
Eighty-eight students from middle and high schools around the state will have a week to experience the complex world of lawmaking when they participate in the 58th annual YMCA Youth Legislative Session today through Thursday.This year's session gets under way at 2:30 today in the House Chambers at the State Capitol Building. The event is free and open to the public.
The YMCA Youth Legislature is an annual program designed to offer students hands-on lessons about state government. Program participants can serve in mock roles as governor, senators, representatives and members of the media.
The students hold simulated legislative sessions in which they explore issues affecting Hawai'i.
Participants write their own bills and resolutions, and follow them through the legislative process.
The goal of the event is to give youths in grades six through 12 a better understanding of government and a chance to improve their public speaking, organizational management and constituent-building skills.
