creating & evaluating policy
If someone where to study the impact of the JJRA (Juvuenlie Justice Reform Act), this would illustrate this phase of the policy-making process.
What is evaluation?
What is FERPA (Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act)?
This set the agenda for many of the social welfare programs that began in the 1930s, including social secruity and unemployment insurance.
What is the Great Depression?
This President initiated the War on Drugs.
Who is President Nixon?
This is the federal agency, created by Clean Air Act, is responsible for enforcing environmental laws through regulation.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
What is lobbying?
The debate over a bill in a congressional committee illustrates this phase of the policy-making process.
What is adoption?
This body studied education in Maryland in order to better define the problems faced by the Maryland school system; led to Blueprint for MD's future.
What is the Kerwin Commission?
Someone who is loses their job through no fault of their own would qualify for this social welfare program.
What in Unemployment Insurance?
This refers to the high rate of imprisoned individuals as a result of the War on Drugs.
What is mass incarceration?
This laws was passed in the 1970s to protect vulnerable animal species.
What is the Endangered Species Act?
This theory holds the all people have the opportunity to influence the government by joining interest groups.
What is elitism?
What is implementation?
This law requires colleges to provide public access to reports related to campus safety.
What is the Cleary Act?
This law mandates health insurance, removed lifetime caps on health costs, prohibits refusing insurance for pre-existing conditions, and allowed parents to keep kids insured until 26.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
These president supported passage of the 1994 Crime Bill, and later apolgized for it's inequitable impact.
Who is Willam (Bill) Clinton
This institution implements immigration policy in the United States.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This is the theory that average people have opportunities to influence policy.
What is pluralism?
A survey showing people's opinion of a proposed policy would relate to this evaluation criteria.
What is acceptability?
This important law has four pillars: Early Chilhood Education, Highly qualified teachers, College and Career Readiness, Resrouces for Student Success, and Governance and Accountability.
What is the Blueprint for Maryland's Future?
This law was passed to end racist housing policies, including redlining.
What is the Fair Housing Act?
This interest group would lobby for laws banning the death penalty.
What is Death Penalty Action?
What is toxic waste?
This theory holds the all people have the opportunity to influence the government by joining interest groups.
What is purposive incentives?
What is agenda setting?
This federal law evaluates schools and reports performance to the public using a star rating system.
What is ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act)?
What is a Housing Vocher, or Section 8 Housing?
This interest group would lobby for laws that elminated cash bail.
What is the Bail Project?
This is one of the agencies that implements immigration policy. (There are 3).
What is Customs and Boarder Control, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Citizenship and Immigration Services.
This is used by interest groups to influence courts to make decisions favorable to their interests.
What is amicus brief?