There is no substitute for grass-roots organization when it comes to influencing legislative decision making. In order to improve our grass-roots network of school boards, we are asking that each school board in Vermont select one member to be its representative to the VSBA Governmental Relations Network (GRN).
Representatives to the GRN will receive frequent email status reports from the VSBA and detailed legislative updates from the VSBA, VSA and VPA throughout the coming legislative session.
In addition, we will keep GRN representatives in touch with developments in Washington by forwarding information and calls to action from the National School Boards Association’s Federal Relations Network.
GRN representatives will also be asked, on occasion, to help us communicate with local legislators on issues of importance to public education. This is vitally important. We know that nothing carries more weight with legislators than calls from home.
In return for increased and improved communication from us, we will also ask that GRN representatives keep their fellow board members apprised of activities in Montpelier and Washington by sharing our legislative alerts with their boards.