>>> IN THE WAKE OF THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA,
AN EMERGING STORY LINE HAS
FOCUSED ON THE ACTIVISM BY HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS.
"ARIZONA 360" VISITED A
CLASSROOM IN TUCSON WHERE
STUDENTS ARE LOBBYING FOR A
CHANGE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
CHRISTOPHER CONOVER SHOWS US HOW
THEIR LESSON IN CIVICS GOES ON
BEYOND ANY TEXTBOOK OR VIDEO.
♪ I'M JUST A BILL, YES I'M ONLY
A BILL ♪
>> Reporter: THIS IS HOW ADULTS
NOW IN THEIR 40s AND 50s, LIKE
ME, LEARNED HOW A BILL BECOMES A
LAW.
BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
>> WHEN WE LEFT HERE ON
THURSDAY, I HAD SAID THAT HB
2373, THE BILL THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON AND FOLLOWING THROUGH
THE PROCESS, WAS DEAD BECAUSE
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WAS
NOT GOING TO HEAR IT.
>> Reporter: SENIORS IN THIS
GOVERNMENT CLASS AT TUCSON'S SKY
ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL ARE GETTING A
FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HOW STATE
GOVERNMENT LOOKS.
>> ANYBODY KNOW WHERE HE'S
BASED, WHICH CITY?
>> Reporter: INSTEAD OF READING
A BOOK OR WATCHING A VIDEO ABOUT
CIVICS, THEY'RE LOBBYING FOR A
BILL IN THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE.
>> AND THE CONCLUSION, SORT OF A
CALL TO ACTION.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO DO?
I DON'T THINK BEFORE IT STARTED
THAT THEY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT A
MAJORITY WHIP OR A MAJORITY
LEADER OR MINORITY LEADER.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE
COMPUTER LAB WHERE YOU GUYS WILL
START BANGING OUT THESE E-MAILS.
>> Reporter: THE BILL BEING
CHAMPIONED BY THE CLASS WOULD
GIVE ARIZONA TEACHERS MONEY TO
BUY CLASSROOM SUPPLIES.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE A VERY
SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE IN OUR
STATE IN TERMS OF FUNDING OUR
TEACHERS.
>> Reporter: THE BILL SPONSORED
BY KIRSTEN ENGEL WHO CAME TO THE
SCHOOL BEFORE THE START OF THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO THE CLASS BEGAN WRITING
LETTERS.
AND THERE WAS A TRIP TO THE
STATE CAPITOL.
>> WE WERE THERE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL DAY, BUT WHILE WE
WERE UP THERE, WE KIND OF LIKE
SNUCK IN THE EDUCATION BILLS WE
WERE WORKING ON.
IT WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING TO
KNOW THEY LOOK AT US AND CARE.
>> Reporter: INITIALLY NOT ALL
OF THE STUDENTS WERE ONBOARD
WITH THE ASSIGNMENT.
>> I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL AT FIRST
BECAUSE THEY GET THOUSANDS OF
E-MAILS EVERY DAY.
WHY WOULD THEY TAKE THE TIME TO
READ SOME HIGH SCHOOL'S E-MAIL?
BUT AFTER HEARING THEY TOOK IT
INTO CONSIDERATION, I'M
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, AND I'M
GLAD TO BE PROVEN WRONG.
>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS'
EFFORTS PAID OFF FOR THE
PROPOSAL.
>> THE STUDENTS REALLY GOT
BEHIND IT WHEN THEY SENT SOME
E-MAILS OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND PRIOR
TO, THAT THEY WEREN'T REALLY
INTERESTED IN HEARING THE BILL
IN COMMITTEE.
BUT THEN ONCE THE E-MAILS ROLLED
IN, THEY DECIDED TO PUT IT ON
THE AGENDA.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN LOBBYING,
THE CLASS IS ACTUALLY LEARNING
ABOUT THE WAY A BILL BECOMES A
LAW.
>> OH, I DIDN'T KNOW OF THE
STEPS TO DO IT, AND NOW I KNOW
PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM.
IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE.
>> I'VE NEVER DONE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE, SO IT WAS
DEFINITELY INTERESTING.
BUT I'VE GROWN TO ENJOY IT AND
APPRECIATE IT A LOT MORE.
>> Reporter: THE CLASS LEARNED A
TOUGH LESSON ABOUT LEGISLATION
WHEN THE BILL WAS STUCK IN
COMMITTEE.
>> THIS MORNING AND LAST NIGHT
WE WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT
TOGETHER A COMBINATION PACKAGE
WHICH WAS APPROVED TODAY.
>> Reporter: BUT THEN IT GAINED
NEW LIFE WHEN ANOTHER TUCSON
LAWMAKER, REPUBLICAN TODD CLOD
FELTER AMENDED IT ONTO ANOTHER
PROPOSAL.
BUT THAT DID NOT ENSURE PASSAGE.
>> YOU FAILED TO PASS HOUSE BILL
2377.
>> Reporter: THAT BROUGHT ON A
NEW LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN,
THIS TIME TO GET ANOTHER VOTE ON
THE BILL.
>> WE ARE LOBBYING THE MAIN
PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY LEADER, THE
MINORITY LEADER, AND THE TWO
CO-SPONSORS TO ASK THEM TO,
LIKE, HELP PUSH.
TO BE LIKE, HEY, RECONSIDER THIS
BILL.
>> THEN THE FINAL ONE IS A CALL
TO ACTION, RIGHT?
>> I ACTUALLY DO WANT THIS TO
PASS, NOT JUST ME WANTING TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE CLASS.
I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THIS NEEDS
TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE TEACHERS,
THEY HELP BUILD THESE STUDENTS
UP TO WHO THEY WILL BE.
IF WE CAN'T HELP THEM WITH
EDUCATION, THEN HOW DO WE HAVE
THE EDUCATION?
>> IT'S NOT EASY TO BECOME A
LAW, IS IT?
♪ NO, BUT HOW I PRAY THAT I
WILL, BUT TODAY I AM STILL JUST
A BILL ♪
>> THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS A FIRST
FOR THE CLASS BUT WILL BECOME A
REGULAR PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
THE BILL STUDENTS WANT PASS IS
ON HOLD IN THE STATEHOUSE.
LAWMAKERS COULD BRING IT BACK
FOR A VOTE THIS MONTH.
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