On Tuesday, October 15th, the department’s Department Master of Public Administration Program hosted an Ordinance Development Workshop taught by Texas State’s City Manager in Residence, James Earp.
More than seventy-five students attended the event at which Earp, the Assistant City Manager of Kyle, walked attendees through the process of crafting a local ordinance and viewed examples of real ordinances from Kyle. Topics discussed included the differences between legislation and local ordinances, codification, and the ordinance adoption process. Michael Cook, a senior majoring in public administration, described the workshop as “informative,” saying that it “provided students with a great deal of insight into policy formation at the local level.”. Cook added that Mr. Earp made the learning experience “easy and relatable.” A political science graduate student, Anthony Armendariz, praised Earp’s presentation saying that it “provided great insight into the inner workings of government.”
