The Board will keep itself informed of pending legislation and actively communicate its concerns and make its position known to elected representatives at both the state and national level.
Annually, the Board will designate a person -who may be a Board member - to serve as its legislative representative. This person will be authorized to speak on the Board's behalf with respect to legislation being considered by the state legislature or the United States Congress or their representative committees. In all dealings with individual elected representatives, the legislature, or Congress, the Board's representative will be guided by the official positions taken by the Board.
The legislative representative will serve as the Board's liaison with the state school board association. This representative will attend state school board association meetings and convey local views and concerns to that body and participating in the formulation of state legislative programs. The legislative representative will monitor proposed school legislation and infmm the Board of the issues.
All requests for proposed legislation will be directed to the Board's legislative representative. The Board will review the request to determine if it should be included in the District's legislative package.