Missouri high school students participate in mock legislative sessions at the Capitol

Intro:	Senator Kurt Schaefer lead high school students from across the state in a mock legislative session today (Tuesday).
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Wrap: Students from 16 high schools across the state joined Columbia Republican Senator Kurt Schaefer in a mock Senate session.

The session is part of a state-wide Constitution Project in which high school students learn journalism, trial advocacy and crime scene investigation.

Schaefer gave students an abbreviated version of the Senate's rules.

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Description: Projects like this where you bring in high school students to be more engaged in the political process and understand the constitutional function of the government, it's outstanding. It's a great project.

The Constitution Project holds regional competitions in the fall and will be back at the Capitol in November for the final round of competition.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Shannon Shaver.

Intro:	More than 200 high school students gathered at the Capitol building today (Tuesday) as part of the Constitution Project.
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Wrap: Columbia Republican Senator Kurt Schaefer lead students from 16 different Missouri high schools in a mock legislative session.

The session is part of a state-wide program called the Constitution Project.

The project's Committee Chair Judge Doug Gaston says the project teaches students about the Constitution.

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Description: The mission is to instill love of country, which we think is love of freedom and freedom is protected because of our constitution and so we teach them about the constitution.

The project holds regional competitions throughout the fall. Students will be back in the Capitol for the final competition in November.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Shannon Shaver.

Intro:	Students from 16 different Missouri high schools gathered in the Capitol for a mock legislative session today.
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Wrap: The Capitol building held a mock legislative session for more than 200 high school students.

Columbia Republican Senator Kurt Schaefer lead students in their debate over a bill to lower the voting age to 16. The debate is part of a project to teach students about the Constitution.

Schaefer says the debate by students in the mock session was impressive.

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Description: They debated the bill, they did a fantastic job. Somebody offered an amendment to say that only emancipated 16 year olds could vote which spurred a lot more debate. They did a fantastic job of understanding the issue and being passionate about the subject matter. It was very impressive.

The project holds regional competitions throughout the fall, all leading up to a final competition at the Capitol in November.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Shannon Shaver.