Section 3 Introduction-1

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Section 3 Introduction-1
State Government Policy

• Key Terms
• corporate charter, public utility, workers
  compensation, unemployment compensation,
  conservation, mandatory sentencing, victim
  compensation, extradition, parole, shock
  probation, shock incarceration, house arrest

Find Out
What are four major objectives of state
economic policy?
Why does each state have its own criminal laws?
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Section 3 Introduction-2
State Government Policy

• Understanding Concepts
• Public Policy What are the major areas in which
  states write and enforce public policy?

Section Objective
Analyze ways in which state governments write and
enforce public policy.
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Section 3-1

• The natural ability of each state to deal with
  individual issues that affect it was foreseen by
  the Founders. As described by Justice Louis D.
  Brandeis in a dissenting opinion of New State Ice
  Co. v. Liebmann (1932) It is one of the happy
  incidents of the federal system that a single,
  courageous State may, if its citizens choose,
  serve as a laboratory, and try novel social and
  economic experiments without risk to the rest of
  the country.

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Section 3-2
I. State Regulation of Business (pages 648650)

• A. Business corporations must have a charter
  issued by a state government.

B. Federal and state governments regulate giant
corporations. C. States have laws to protect
consumers from unfair practices and to protect
the health and safety of workers. D. State
governments provide workers compensation. E.
Workers in all states have the right to belong
to labor unions. F. State governments try to
attract new business and industry.
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Section 3-3
I. State Regulation of Business (pages 648650)
If you were governor of your state, what kinds of
industry would you attempt to attract to your
state? Why?
Answers will vary. Students should support their
suggestions with logical reasons.
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Section 3-4
II. States and the Environment (pages 650651)

• A. States concerns for economic growth sometimes
  clash with public concern for the environment.

B. In 1989 Congress strengthened the states
power to protect the environment. C. State
governments have begun to monitor the
environmental impact of major projects.
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Section 3-5
II. States and the Environment (pages 650651)
How would you alter state regulations to control
pollution?
Answers will vary. See Costs of Pollution Control
on text page 651.
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Section 3-6
III. Protecting Life and Property (pages 651653)

• A. State and local governments are responsible
  for protecting life and property, and for
  establishing a criminal code and a system of
  punishment.

B. State police forces have investigative powers
in many states, but they have broad
responsibilities in a few states. C. State
courts handle the majority of all criminal cases
in the United States. D. In strained state
justice systems, many states are giving judges
more sentencing options.
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Section 3-7
III. Protecting Life and Property (pages 651653)
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Section 3-8
III. Protecting Life and Property (pages 651653)
Do you agree or disagree with mandatory
sentencing for drug-related crimes? Explain.
Answers will vary. See State Criminal Laws on
text page 651.
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Section 3-9
IV. Providing for Education, Health, and
Welfare (pages 653654)

• A. State governments provide about 45 percent of
  revenues for local public schools.

B. State spending for education generally has
increased. C. The state licenses doctors and
dentists, regulates the sale of medicines, and
requires vaccinations for schoolchildren. D.
State agencies provide programs of public
welfare, health and human services.
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Section 3-10
IV. Providing for Education, Health, and
Welfare (pages 653654)

• E. With federal assistance, states help people
  with special needs.

F. With Medicaid assistance, states help
low-income people pay medical bills.
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Section 3-11
IV. Providing for Education, Health, and
Welfare (pages 653654)
What services do you think state government
should offer that it does not?
Answers will vary. Have students suggest sources
of revenue to pay for additional services.
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Section 3 Assessment-1
Checking for Understanding

• 1. Main Idea Use chart to show the four major
  policy areas in which state governments enact
  legislation and an example of each.

business regulation utilities, consumer
protection environment clean air and water
crime police and corrections health, education
and welfare school funding, AFDC
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Section 3 Assessment-2
Checking for Understanding
Match the term with the correct definition.
___ corporate charter ___ conservation ___ extradi
tion ___ shock probation ___ house arrest

• A. program designed to show young offenders how
  terrible prison life is through brief
  incarceration followed by supervised release
• B. a document that gives a corporation legal
  status
• C. the legal procedures through which a person
  accused of a crime who has fled to another state
  is returned to the state where the crime took
  place
• D. a sentence which requires an offender to stay
  at home except for certain functions the court
  permits
• E. the care and protection of natural resources

B E C A D
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Section 3 Assessment-3
Checking for Understanding

• 3. Identify industrial development bonds,
  Medicaid.

Industrial development bonds are bonds sold by
state governments to help finance industries that
have relocated or expanded within the
state. Medicaid is a federal-state welfare
program that provides money to the states to help
people who cannot afford necessary medical
services.
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Section 3 Assessment-4
Checking for Understanding

• 4. Why is a decentralized system of justice an
  advantage in the United States?

Different crime rates and living conditions call
for criminal laws specifically designed for each
state.
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Section 3 Assessment-5
Critical Thinking

• 5. Expressing Problems Clearly What factors must
  a state legislature weigh when considering taxing
  or regulating large business corporations?

States must consider the effect of taxation and
regulation upon business and the possibility that
the state might not be attractive to business if
business taxes are too heavy or business
regulation too severe.
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Section 3 Concepts in Action

• Public Policy Each state writes and enforces its
  own policies in areas such as education, the
  environment, housing, and welfare. Create a
  poster that illustrates serious problems related
  to one of these areas. Share your chart and
  analyze possible policy solutions.

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