INDIANAPOLIS - Jamielynn Tinkey recently served as an Indiana House Page during the 2008 session of the Indiana General Assembly.
As a page, students 13 years old and older spend the day gaining a greater understanding about state government and how laws are made.
Paging is an experience in which students take a backstage tour of the Statehouse and work alongside legislative assistants and interns. On session days, pages experience how a bill becomes a law as they watch legislators on the House floor debate issues. On committee days, the students witness where a bill receives first consideration and watch hearings where the public submits input.
The Indiana House Page Program is a way for students to become more familiar with the lawmaking process by meeting their State Representative and witnessing how laws are made firsthand.
Tinkey served as a page for State Rep. David Wolkins. She is an eighth-grader at Edgewood Middle School, Warsaw.
