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William Broman
I am running for State Representative in Michigan’s 1st State House District

A Guide to The Broman Agenda

Why Should You #VoteBRO? Because Policy Proposals… That’s Why. And also I put in a really great picture of me with some pumpkins, my grandmother says it is cute.

Let’s Get Serious…

I want to bring jobs back to District 1. I want to reduce poverty and violence. I want to reduce taxes in a responsible manner. Those statements are filled with great buzzwords, but the next question should be, “how are you going to do that?”

We should start with the understanding that policies that attempt to solve everything will undoubtedly lead to unintended consequences. The policies proposed chip away at the problems we face in Michigan and District 1.

Proposal 1: Childcare coverage for parents who wish to pursue education

  • This proposal provides parents childcare assistance at the 85th percentile for three years if: the parent is pursuing a select degree at a community college, a trade, or a graduate degree, and working not less than 20 hours per week and not more than 40 hours per week. An additional two years would be available for parents if needed at half of full assistance.

Proposal 2: Establish an Education Technology Infrastructure Standard for school districts across the state of Michigan.

  • This proposal establishes a standard for education technology infrastructure for all districts statewide. Leveraging economies of scale, the state can provide districts with a forecast of infrastructure advancements. The proposal focuses on infrastructure to allow individual districts to retain local control over what devices are in the classroom.

Proposal 3: Establish a standard for university response to sexual assault on college campuses based on the Campus Accountability and Safety Act of 2015 as introduced in the US Senate.

  • Parents should have confidence that the response to sexual assault on campus will be the same regardless of the university their child attends. Standardization through statute creates an enforcement mechanism to hold universities accountable and utilize experts to ensure the best policies are in place across Michigan.

Proposal 4: Fully fund the investigators and prosecutors needed to bring offenders to justice from the previously untested rape kits in Detroit.

  • There were untested rape kits found in Detroit warehouses, money has been guaranteed to fund the testing. After testing comes investigating, and prosecuting the offenders. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is significantly short staffed with these added cases. It is important to bring these offenders to justice quickly.

Proposal 5: Bring innovation and research and development centered businesses and jobs closer to Detroit’s neighborhoods.

  • Research and development and engineering jobs are needed close to Detroit’s neighborhoods to give students an opportunity to experience these professions. “You can’t be what you can’t see,” leaving many black and African-American students without knowledge of what type of work engineers and scientists do.

Proposal 6: Create the Detroit Policy Research Initiative.

  • DPRI is a program where top researchers and PhD students from around the country converge on Detroit to solve some of the most complex problems in the city. DPRI participants get data and material to publish a paper, in exchange Michigan gets well researched legislation with data to back it up. My commitment is to use the official capacity of State Representative to assist researchers in obtaining the requested data, as well as push the legislation to a final vote on the House floor.