Youth Form 2

2016 YOUTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (YLA)

COMMITTEE SELECTION FORM
Name: _______________________________________________________
You will be assigned to one committee. Please number, in order of priority, the committee on which you
would be interested in serving as a member. Registering early increases your chances of getting your
preferred committee.

Business & Commerce

A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Raise the State Minimum Wage to $9.00 Per Hour

Children & Family

A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Mandate a Program for Youth 17 - 18 Years of Age,
Transitioning out of the Foster Care System that Would Teach the Necessary Skills on
How to Further their Lives

Civil Rights
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Abolish Solitary Confinement

Education
A Bill to Be Entitled to Remove Common Core from North Carolina Public Schools
Curriculum

Environnent
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Require the Restoration & Repair of Jordan Lake

Health Affairs
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Expand Medicaid Coverage to Low-income Adults in the
State of North Carolina

Human Sexuality
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Raise the Age of Consent to 18 Years of Age

Judiciary
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Raise the Age of Being Tried as an Adult to 18 Years of
Age

Science & Technology

A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Create & Present a Daily Value for Sugars on all
Packaged Food Items

Substance Abuse
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act an Act to Legalize the Recreational Use of Marijuana for
Those Persons 21 Years of Age & Older

Youth Affairs
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act to Grant Undocumented Immigrant Students with
In-state Status to Pay In-state Tuition in Public Post-secondary Schools