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CT-N State Civics
Toolbox - Teachers' Notes
How to Read a Bill
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The CT-N State Civics Toolbox offers
a variety of supplemental information
for teachers to use with the lesson
plans and activities. Bill information
is just one extra piece of information
that helps students gain a deeper
insight into the legislative process.
The
How to Read a Bill page is provided
to help teachers fully utilize the bill
information for classroom instruction by
understanding the components of a bill.
Additional CT-N Videotaped Debates
CT-N maintains an archive of
Connecticut General Assembly sessions of
both the House of Representatives and
the Senate since March of 1999. If you
are interested in using other videotaped
debates in your classroom in addition to
the debates listed on our Hot Topics
page, you can visit the
Connecticut General Assembly website
and search for bills and public acts
that have been debated on each chamber’s
respective floors. Contact
Paul Skaff if you need assistance.
Further Research
The CT-N videotaped debates offered
in the Toolbox reflect the debate over
issues brought before the General
Assembly. Such debates are only part of
a sometimes long legislative process
that a bill undergoes to either be
enacted or die somewhere along the way.
That process can be summarized and
viewed in our
How a Bill Becomes a Law slide show.
Additionally, for more detailed reports
and background information of the issues
offered in the Toolbox, visit the
Office of Legislative Research. If
you want to track the bill through the
legislative process, use the search
options on the
Connecticut General Assembly
website.
Recording CT-N Programming
It is permissible to record any CT-N
aired program at home on your VCR for
use in your classroom. CT-N is available
on most cable television systems in the
state, and may even be seen 24 hours a
day in some communities. You can find a
channel assignment and air schedule for
CT-N in your town by viewing our
CT-N on TV
web page. You can also
subscribe to have our daily program
schedule with show times and content
e-mailed to you daily.
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