Advocacy & Legislation

Resources

• A New Era in Education: Redefining the Federal Role for the 21st Century [PDF 447,660kb]
  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 toolkit for school board members for 2008.
  
• 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 2,583kb]
  Who we are.
  
• Voucher Strategy Center
  Get information about school vouchers nationally, including background on existing programs, proposals and advocacy tools.
  
• 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.