Ellen Lipton - Michigan

Paulette Bonneau, Maine

Matt Miller - MS

Mary Fertakis - Washington state

Patti Gubbels, Nebraska

Joshua Leinwand-ME

Melanie Haas, Kansas

I am here! :-)

01:01:08 Abigail Potts, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Planning: Return to School Roadmap: https://sites.ed.gov/roadmap/

Sign up for that webinar here: https://www.nasbe.org/event/filling-the-educator-pipeline/

Our recent piece on educator diversity here: https://www.nasbe.org/state-boards-seek-increased-educator-diversity/

Yes, thank you Robert! Please save your date for Early Childhood Education Summit on 9/21 afternoon, registration is coming soon!

https://www.ffyf.org/with-release-of-budget-resolution-child-care-and-preschool-should-remain-a-top-priority-in-reconciliation-package/

ECE package summary

https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/federal-funds-ece-factsheet

How states can spend the COVID relief dollars on ECE

@Melanie - For a running list of events hosted by national organizations, bookmark this page from Georgetown's FutureEd think tank: https://www.future-ed.org/events/on-the-horizon/

@Melanie For a wealth of apolitical, factually written reports and briefs on moving federal education legislation and topics, check out the Congressional Research Service site here: https://crsreports.congress.gov/resources/covid19/

@Melanie - Last but not least for one of my top recommendations for staying on top of moving issues at the federal level is to sign up for the weekly e-newsletter distributed by Education Counsel (sent every Monday morning). You can view past additions and sign up here: https://educationcounsel.com/our-work/news/

Thank you @Megan!

What structures do other states have in place to facilitate SBE-sponsored/supported legislation? In WA we can both submit agency request legislation to the Governor's office to be considered for inclusion in the budget he submits to the legislature, as well as the option to collaborate with our state legislators and legislative staff to co-design bills.

We have the same structure in Michigan as you described in Washington.

Thanks, Ellen!

A short book for @Mary - In Kansas, the state constitution gives the elected BOE oversight of K12 education. We do oversee teacher licensure, school accreditation, curricular standards, and courses of study (graduation requirements.) This year the legislature brought forth bills which would infringe on the board’s role in these areas (a high stakes Civics test, introducing new graduation requirements.) Thankfully the governor vetoed those bills, but that might not be the case next time. Two of our 10 members serve as legislative liaisons and they are guided by a legislative agenda that our entire board collaborates on and approves.

Thank you Melanie and John-Paul!

Here's the communications plan template Renee referenced which the Louisiana Department of Education developed for district and school use for messaging around COVID-19: https://louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/strong-start-2020/sample-school-reopening-communications-plan.pdf?sfvrsn=b24c981f_2

Here's the great Boardsmanship Review Renee authored on "Working with the Media": https://nasbe.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/2020/01/Working-With-Media.pdf

Working with the Media https://nasbe.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/2020/01/Working-With-Media.pdf

As a former newspaper Editor and Publisher, Renee is right on point!

That's great to hear, Bill! She's pretty fabulous :). Glad to hear that we also have an expert in you.

@Bill Thanks so much!

Thank you all for sharing your time and expertise. It’s great to know we have NASBE’s support and I have enjoyed meeting so many new people!

Thanks everyone!