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2010 Legislative
Task Force
GOALS:
• To influence state
legislation that could impact our schools and community
by actively involving more BH-BL residents in the
lobbying process.
• To connect local
residents with state lawmakers in more tangible, visible
and meaningful ways.
• To help residents
understand the role the state plays in school budgets
and in local Board of Education decision making.
MEMBERS: Volunteers are being
solicited from the community and staff to participate in
this new initiative. The task force is open to all
staff, residents and high school students who wish to
participate, but the ideal member is a registered voter
and a district resident. In other words, the ideal
person is someone who can say to a legislator “I’m a
BH-BL resident and I vote.”
Once a position paper and talking points have been
developed, task force members will be given support to
start lobbying legislators. They can select activities
they are comfortable with, such as:
• Making phone calls to
legislators.
• Sending real letters or
faxes to legislators – not emails!
• Joining district
officials in visits to legislators.
• Attending rallies as a
group (such as the Capital Area Public School Board
Association breakfast in Albany).
PROCESS: Interested persons are
asked to:
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1. |
Give us your name and contact information,
including email address & phone, so we know how
to reach you. (Please email this to
Communications Specialist Christy Multer.) |
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2. |
Attend an introductory
task force meeting on Tuesday,
Feb. 9, in the high school library from
6:30 – 7:30 pm
(immediately before the regular Board of
Education meeting). This get-acquainted session
will cover how we envision the task force
working and information on state issues
impacting BH-BL this year. |
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Attend the three Budget Forums on Feb. 2, March
2 and March 25, if you can, so you can learn
about this year’s challenges and how BH-BL is
responding. |
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4. |
Sign up to receive “Budget
Development Announcement” School News Notifier
alerts, if you wish, to automatically receive
email updates about budget activities and
meetings. You can get
more information here or click directly on the SNN
logo, above right. |
For more budget info, see also:
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