Activity 9

Apportionment

What does apportion mean?

• Apportion—to divide and assign in due and proper proportion or according to some plan.

• How do we take a number of objects of the same kind and divide them among several entities(people, schools, states, etc.) when each entity is entitled to a different sized share?

A Basic Fairness Principle

• The number of representatives that an entity is entitled to should be proportional to its percentage of the total population.

• For example, if a state’s population is 10% of the total population, ideally it should receive 10% of the representatives.

Broad County Student Council

Student

Population

% of total

Population

Exact Quota

For 30 seats

Exact quota for 32 seats

Central City HS

4464

East HS 3782West HS 3284Hill HS 1842Outland HS

1288

Sticks HS 422

Broad County Student Council

Student

Population

% of total

Population

Exact Quota

For 30 seats

Exact quota for 32 seats

Central City HS

4464 29.598 8.879 9.471

East HS 3782 25.076 7.523 8.024West HS 3284 21.774 6.532 6.968Hill HS 1842 12.213 3.664 3.908Outland HS

1288 .08540 2.562 2.733

Sticks HS 422 .02798 .839 .895

Broad County Student Council

Student

Population

% of total

Population

Exact Quota

For 30 seats

Exact quota for 32 seats

Central City HS

4464 29.598 8.879 9.471 9

East HS 3782 25.076 7.523 8.024 8

West HS 3284 21.774 6.532 6.968 7

Hill HS 1842 12.213 3.664 3.908 4

Outland HS

1288 .08540 2.562 2.733 3

Sticks HS 422 .02798 .839 .895 1

With Wide HS Added

Student Population

% of total population

Exact Quota for 30 seats

Exact Quota for 32 seats

Central City HS

4464 25.421 7.63 8

East HS 3782 21.538 6.46 6West HS 3284 18.702 5.61 6Hill HS 1842 10.490 3.147 3Outland HS

1288 7.334 2.20 2

Sticks HS 422 2.403 0.72 1Wide HS 2478 14.112 4.23 4