A Cost-Benefit Analysis: Personal Narrative

House Bill 244, a Cost Benefit Analysis
Sandra Lemons-Arnold
Capella University

Table of Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………...........…………….……4
House Bill 244: a Cost-Benefit Analysis Introduction....................................................................5
General Information.............................................................................................................……....6 Purpose.................................................................................................................................6 Scope....................................................................................................................................6
Background and Overview...................................................................................................6
Projects
Utilitarian ethics holds that only decisions with the best outcomes for everyone are beneficial, which means that the proposed status of House Bill 244 could be considered unethical. One potential adjustment to the policy is to mandate that teachers who are at risk of a second negative are mandated to return to school for added training. This may help many teachers retain their jobs rather than experience termination. It would be relatively inexpensive to offer tuition assistance to at-risk teachers rather than to find replacements for them. If the educators receive a poor evaluation after extended training and education, then the educator will lose certification and licensing. This alternative policy considers the ethical ramifications of displacing hundreds of educators, and it attempts to offer a more viable, and efficient, policy for the state, the school districts, the administration, teachers, and