Advocacy & Legislation

Strengthen and Support America's Public Schools

NSBA's Office of Advocacy represents the interests of the nation's 95,000 local school board members before Congress. NSBA's priority issues for the 111th Congress include the following:

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Resources

A New Era in Education: Redefining the Federal Role for the 21st Century [PDF 398,286kb]
NSBA's suggestions on how the new administration can lead and facilitate a constructive discussion that results in a national vision for strengthening America's schools.
Advocacy Action Plan: A Federal Investment in Education
An advocacy toolkit for school board members for summer/fall 2009
Key Issues
Understand the federal laws that affect local public schools and get the background on federal education legislation.
Write to Congress
Would you like to lobby your members of Congress for change on an important education issue? A how-to guide for advocacy.
Get Involved
Find out how you can become an advocate and impact federal legislation on Capitol Hill.
Archives
Browse collections of NSBA's Action Alerts, Weekly Legislative Highlights and Policy Research Briefs.
Advocacy Staff [HTML 2,591kb]
Who we are.
Voucher Strategy Center
Get information about school vouchers nationally, including background on existing programs, proposals and advocacy tools.
Resources

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