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This is shit why is it still here?

-The BeeF (7/10/17)

Plan text is totally editable, just like everything else about it, just dont flip out at me

-The BeeF
 Territories CP
Counterplan Text: The United States federal government should increase its
funding in the education of its impoverished territories, Guam for example

The USFG must increase funding towards education in Guam

Gaynor Daleno 2-22-2017, "Federal government must cut funding to FSM, provide more to Guam for hosting migrants,"
https://www.postguam.com/forum/editorial/federal-government-must-cut-funding-to-fsm-provide-more-to/article_805a585c-f7fe-
11e6-817c-5be461549804.html

When you look at the population of Guams public schools today and compare it with student enrollment from more than a decade ago,
the growth hasnt been much. In the 2003-2004 school year, island public schools had 29,745 students, and in the 2015-2016 school year, the number
district-wide was 29,922. An increase of 177 students over more than a decade is negligible. But look closer. While total student enrollment hasnt
significantly gone up, the number of students from families of immigrants from the Freely Associated States, and mostly from the Federated States of
Micronesia, has nearly doubled. In 2004, there were 4,023 students whose origin is identified in Guam Department of Education records as from the
Freely Associated States. The number of FAS students surged to 7,276 last year. Students from the FAS now make up about one-fourth of the student
population in Guam's public schools, according to the government of Guams newly released 2016 Compact impact report. The report is submitted to
the federal government in hopes that
Guam will get more reimbursement for the cost of providing public
services to immigrants from the FSM, the Marshall Islands and Palau . These island nations citizens can freely
enter the United States, and for the FSM citizens primarily from Chuuk state Guam has been the destination of choice. While there is merit to some,
including from the federal government, who have argued that GovGuams cost tally doesnt take into account the contributions that these immigrant
families make to the local economy, it is also true that a near-doubling of student population from regional migrant families takes a toll on public
schools and GovGuams funding for public education. At
an average cost of $8,598 to educate one student at an
island public school, GovGuam reported that regional migrant students cost the local
government $62.5 million last year, and more than $500 million total over the last 13 years. In
addition to the costs incurred in classrooms, GovGuam also counted $1.9 million in school
busing and maintenance costs just last year, from students of regional migrant families who are bus riders. GovGuam has been
submitting these Compact impact reports annually for years, and the amount of the federal government reimbursement for GovGuams costs has stayed
relatively flat: About half of $30 million, because Guam splits that $30 million with Hawaii. An
extra $62 million in additional cost
for the education of migrant students in a year isnt easy to overlook . While Guam public schools often are short
of money for updated textbooks, computers and other technological teaching aids, and often dont have enough money for something as basic as
cleaning supplies, photocopy paper and printer ink, the added cost of educating regional migrants needs to be recognized, not just by the federal
government, but the island nations particularly the FSM, whose inadequate public services lead their citizens to Guam. And
this is an issue
that's affecting the entire community of Guam . As some Guam families see the degradation of
facilities and resources at public schools, they make financial sacrifices to send their children to
private schools. The federal government under President Barack Obama was not able to do much about Guams pleas for significant increases
to the Compact impact funding reimbursement. With President Donald Trump, its unlikely he would cut a bigger check for Guam for regional migrants'
services. In fact, he's proposing to send immigrants back if they become a burden on public services. But what GovGuam can do is be forceful in making
the Department of the Interior work with Congress so that part of the tens of millions of dollars that the U.S. government provides to the FSM to help
pay for education, health care and other services to its citizens, be rerouted to Guam instead .
Guam is now the new home of many
of these FSM citizens, so its only fair that Guam gets some of the federal funds that are
otherwise sent to the FSM. Its not going to be an extra cost to the federal government; it would
simply be a recognition by the federal government that part of U.S. funds that go to the FSM for
education and health care should go to Guam, where many FSM citizens now reside . The FSM cant have
it both ways. It cant continue to receive the same amount of federal dollars from Uncle Sam and continue to provide inadequate services and drive
away their citizens to Guam for better education, health care and overall improvement of their quality of life.
Guam needs more educated individuals-it is in poverty
Gaynor Dumat-Ol, 7-26-2015, "Spotlight on poverty," Pacific Daily News,
http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2015/07/26/spotlight-poverty/30607525/

Like many other moms, Esmina Muritok wants to provide a better life for her two kids. To do
that, she said, she must strive to improve her own life . "I need help to get a job," Muritok said. She said she's been
looking for a job so she can pay basic bills such as power and water. She'd also like to rent a home separate from her extended family, so she and her
kids won't have to form a line to use the bathroom. Altogether, 27
members of her extended family of parents, siblings,
their children, cousins, nieces, nephews and in-laws had shared living spaces in two duplex units
in Santa Rita. When the two-unit duplex in Santa Rita went up in flames Wednesday, all 27 of
them became homeless. They were temporarily sheltered in the Santa Rita mayor's office and community center Friday while the mayor's
office was trying to move them into government housing units temporarily. Poverty numbers high Their plight put a public spotlight

on Guam's poverty problem that others might not easily see, but has staggering numbers . Out of
44,663 households on Guam, 2,512 households many with children don't have any income at all,
according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Nearly one in every four Guam households has income of less than $3,000 to $20,000 a year. A brother of
Esmina Muritok has a job, she said, but he lives separately. In Muritok's extended household, no one holds a steady job, she said. They're
trying to find jobs, and are willing to do an honest day's work, but no one seems interested in hiring them, Muritok said. She points to other women in
the household who said they can clean houses, do janitorial work and work on the upkeep of hotel rooms, but no employment has stuck so far. The
women pointed to some of the men in the family who can do some basic carpentry and yard maintenance and have done day jobs mixing cement or
loading and offloading heavy items.
A2s
 A2 Perm
Perm is untopical-the term United States Federal Government does not include
its territories
Kaltenmeyer 4-26-17 "Unincorporated territories of the United States," No Publication,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_of_the_United_States

Under United States law, a territory is an area controlled by the United States
n unincorporated

government which is not part of the U S nited tates.

Perm severs from the aff by focusing on a different group of people than the
resolution says
Rotary 4-10-17 "Political divisions of the United States," No Publication,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_divisions_of_the_United_States

Insular areas Main articles: Insular Area and Territories of the United States The insular areas of
the United States are those jurisdictions that are neither a part of one of the 50 states nor the
federal district.[14] Unlike within the States, sovereignty over insular areas rests not with the
local people, but in Congress. In most cases, however, Congress has granted considerable self-
rule through an Organic Act, which functions as a local constitution. Insular areas are
administered by the Federal Government through the Department of the Interior's Office of
Insular Affairs. The insular areas include a number of territories under the sovereignty of the
United States and three sovereign nations in free association with the United States. Territories
incorporated within the provisions of the Constitution for the United States of America are
designated incorporated territories. Territories not so incorporated are designated
"unincorporated". Territories may also be organized, if granted by an Organic Act of Congress or
unorganized (without direct authorization of self-government by such an act). The Northwest
Ordinance grants territories the right to send a non-voting delegate to the U.S. Congress. Since
the organization of the Northwest Territory in 1789, all areas not admitted to the United States
as States were under the direct control of Congress as organized incorporated territories, with
some political autonomy at the local level. These organized incorporated territories
subsequently became states. Thirty-one of the current 50 states were organized incorporated
territories before their admission to the Union. Since the admission of Hawaii to the Union in
1959, there has been a single incorporated territory, the uninhabited Palmyra Atoll (formerly
part of the Hawaii Territory, but excluded from the act of admission).