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Legislative Update
- What is
PTA's Role in the Federal Legislative Process?
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- What bills
are currently under discussion in Olympia regarding children, education and
schools?
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- How do you
contact your congressman to voice your opinion?
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| PTA's Role in the Federal Legislative
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| There are many points during the federal
legislative, regulatory, and judicial processes at which local and state PTAs and the
National PTA can have influence. For example, if there is an issue that a PTA or group of
PTAs feels strongly about, the members can organize a petition drive and letter writing
campaign directed to the representatives for their congressional districts and their
senators to get one or more of these legislators to introduce a bill in Congress.
Alternatively, PTA members can express their support or objections to a bill already
introduced as it makes its way through Congress by contacting their legislators who serve
on pertinent subcommittees and committees; by requesting to appear as witnesses or submit
written testimony at hearings; and by urging passage or defeat when a bill is before the
whole Congress for a final vote. Members may also contact the president to sign or veto a
bill. |
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 The National PTA has all the current information on
legislative issues and how to contact your congressman. The links below are to pages
outside of the Cedar Valley PTA Website. To return to our website, click the Back
button on your browser.
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Washington State
Legislative Update- Description of bills before Congress, their status and the
National PTA's position on each bill.
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| How
to Contact your Congressman- Listing of Congressman, from Local Representative
to the President of the United States and how to contact them. There are prewritten
letters on each topic or you can choose to write your own. You can even email your letter! |
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