A proposal to offer a four-year contract to teachers will be heard at the Youth Congress as Speaker Alexis Kosack is scheduled to introduce a bill that will encourage instructors to stay in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
Kosack said the annual renewal of teaching contracts gives uncertainty to employees who are often intimated to speak out on issues concerning the state of education in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
“They worry about their jobs every year and are afraid to speak out,” she said in an interview.<\/p>\n
Along with this over a year contract proposal for teachers, she plans to introduce a bill that will encourage for the recruitment of local teachers.<\/p>\n
She said to attract the indigenous population to teaching, local grants should be in placed to allow this group to pursue education while keeping their respective families and job.<\/p>\n
As the committee head for natural resources, she intends to introduce bills that will prohibit the use of oxygen tank during diving and fishing.<\/p>\n
Tentatively called as the tank release law, she hopes that this future bill will safeguard the water resources in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
Together with this bill, the requirement for a fishing license with assigned fees will help augment funding to take care of the environment.<\/p>\n
She said local fishermen will be asked to pay $5 for the license, while foreign nationals will pay another price to legally fish in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
Her committee will likewise propose a bill that will provide for a turtle sanctuary in the CNMI. She said one Asian country is maintaining a turtle sanctuary where tourists and its population can come in. It will also provide future regulations to govern breeding and eating of turtles in the CNMI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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