Scott's Branch students attend Legislative Youth Conference

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Scott's Branch Middle High School students Jamal Carter, Dabriel Cummings, Trayon Johnson, Zhailin Johnson, Megan Payne, Terrance Pusher, Kianna Stukes, Micheal Taylor, Todd Williams and Paulette Wimberly attended the 10th annual Legislative Youth Conference at the Statehouse in Columbia on Nov. 14. This event included a presentation by the S.C. Manufacturers Alliance and Boeing. They discussed the future jobs and skills necessary to obtain employment in the S.C. manufacturing industries. The students were separated into committees such as Agriculture and Natural Resources; Education and Public Works; Judiciary, Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs; Labor Commerce and Industry; and Ways and Means to deliberate and then vote on laws. The students had the opportunity to go through the process of deliberating and voting on six laws (Bathroom Bill, Sale or Transfer of a Firearm, Medical Marijuana Program Action and Law Enforcement: Racial Profiling and Legal Age to Drink Laws). Sen. Kevin L. Johnson extended an invitation for the students to take a tour of the grounds and his office. This conference also included a college fair. Bryanta Booker-Maxwell, president of the Youth Democrats of South Carolina, was the keynote speaker during lunch.