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Policy Reform In High School
One key moment in my life is when I had to learn about advocacy and policy reform in high school. I learned that there was an understanding about cough drops in the school district and that it was described as a law backed by policy makers. My school was enforcing this “standing order” that they misinterpreted into being a law.
They did not understand the context of the ruling regarding “DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICATIONS, COUGH DROPS, LOZENGES, OR HARD CANDY ARTICLE 16-21-8 OF RIGL”. With further investigation I found that it could be overturned. With help, I advocated by speaking before state representatives at the Rhode Island State House.
Once this ruling was overturned I returned to my high school to discuss the new information. I informed
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