Departmentalizing the Day What is the most important struggle facing Teens? If you had to come up with a Department that manages the concerns with this issue what would happen in it?

Deciding on the Decisions Look at the many parts to the executive branch Breakdown the Departments that matter Making Dept.

Executive Branch Legislative Branch is the largest Elected governing It is the largest and most involved Branch of Georgia’s government The goal is to enforce the law that the legislature comes up with Contains the Governor, Lt. Governor and departments Legislative Branch is the largest Elected governing body in GA

Branch Breakdown The Governor is the head of the Executive Branch Lt. Governor is the next in line for succession Has key members like Secretary of State (handles business of Gov.), attorney general (State Law), commissioner of agriculture (farming), Com of Insurance, and Com of Labor (jobs) Governor Lt. Governor Secretary of State Attorney General

Department Part One Public Safety: Involves Georgia Highway Patrol, under direct supervision of the Governor Department of Education: State superintendent is the chief executive of this branch and it has a board of education with 14 members

Departments Part two Economic Development: Brings economic opportunities to the state (Movies here) Natural Resources: Enforces the General Assembly laws on things like fishing and hunting Transportation: Organization that controls the four modes of transportation like roads

Brain popping We will look at two videos based on the branches, the executive branch especially We will see what similarities and differences we can see nationally and in the state Don’t forget about the test on Friday of this week

Deciding on the Department I want you to write a formal proposal to start the department you described in your warm up to the general assembly Give me five reasons why it is stupid not to have this department on the books in Georgia