The phrase "a highly controversial proposal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a suggestion or plan that is likely to provoke strong differing opinions or debates among people.
Example: "The city council is considering a highly controversial proposal to increase property taxes for funding public schools."
Alternatives: "a deeply divisive proposal" or "a notably contentious proposal".
The government has dropped a highly controversial proposal first mentioned by Rudd to force businesses to reveal how many foreign staff they employ.
The governor of Pennsylvania last night withdrew a highly controversial proposal to hire a private company to manage the Philadelphia public school system, calling off what would have been the largest such arrangement in the history of American education.
Member states have yet to tackle the widest ranging proposals.A telling sign of the seriousness of the problems ahead came in the early summer, when Britain's Lord Cockfield put forward a highly controversial proposal for bringing the differences between member states' VAT rates and excise duties broadly into line.
Crucially, a draft of the curriculum leaked to the Health Service Journal indicated they would be administering controlled drugs independently – a highly-controversial proposal that was dropped from the final version published on Thursday.
In 2011, Schmitz was a consultant on the highly controversial proposal by U2 guitarist Evans — "The Edge" as he calls himself — to build a five-mansion conpound on a ridge in Malibu.
Swaziland has submitted a highly controversial last-minute proposal to be allowed to sell its stockpile of around 330kg of valuable southern white rhino horn and some 20kg annually from animals that died naturally.
Based on a highly controversial 'position paper', containing the proposals and leaked to the media in the past fortnight, we know what some of those who control international cricket have come up with, including: The most financially robust Test-playing nations - England, Australia and India - forming a new executive board in charge of running the game.
"We view this as a highly controversial nomination".
"Ten or 12 years ago it was a highly controversial operation.
The Nanjing Massacre remains a highly controversial topic.
This is a highly controversial position, but it really shouldn't be.
