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 110th Congress include the following:

Improve the No Child Left Behind Act
Increase federal funding for public education for programs such as Title I and IDEA/special education
Strengthen teacher quality
Expand and improve early education
Help schools purchase technology (E-rate)
Prevent vouchers that allow public dollars to be spent on private schools
Learn about other legislative issues affecting public education

Weekly Legislative Highlights (8/4/08)
President signs Housing bill - did not include problematic language; Second Supplemental Appropriations Update; Congress clears Higher Education Act; Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act

Congress will be on recess August 4 - September 5. The Weekly Legislative Highlights will return on September 12.

Resources

NEW! Elect Education: A Campaign Toolkit for the Congressional Elections [PDF 823,338kb]
Check out our new publication, developed exclusively for school board members and designed to help make an effective case for public education during the Congressional campaigns.
Your Advocacy Action Plan
A toolkit for school board members for 2008.
Learn About the Federal Laws That Affect Your Schools
Understand the federal laws that affect local public schools and get the background on federal education legislation.
Communicating with Members of Congress
Would you like to lobby your members of Congress for change on an important education issue? A how-to guide for advocacy.
How to 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.
NSBA's Comments on Proposed Amendments to Regulations Governing the Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities Program and Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities [PDF 132,748kb]
Formal comments and recommendations submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.
Advocacy Staff [HTML 2,583kb]
Who we are.
Voucher Strategy Center
Get information about school vouchers nationally, including background on existing programs, proposals and advocacy tools.
Pledge to America's Schoolchildren
Has your member of Congress signed the Pledge to America's Schoolchildren?
Thomas
Search here for the status, summaries, full text and sponsors of legislation in Congress.
United States House of Representatives
Website of the U. S. House of Representatives.
United States Senate
Website of the U. S. Senate.
White House
The White House Website.
United States Department of Education
The Department of Education's Website.

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