Advocacy and Outreach

Below are some outreach tips to help you better engage your legislators and their staff in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., on behalf of CSBA. School governance leaders are encouraged to work with their local CSBA Governmental Relations chairs and Federal Governmental Relations chairs to advance the education agenda and to maintain support for our public schools.

• Get to know your legislators. Continue to contact them and their staff on key issuesin their district offices.

• Invite your legislator on a tour of your school district and facilities.

• Inform your legislator. Send news releases and constituent newsletters to your legislator’s district office.

• Become familiar. Attend district town hall meetings convened by legislators or their staff.

• Thank legislators and their staff—in writing—for any help they have provided.

To learn more about how you can help CSBA achieve the legislative and regulatory goals it pursues on behalf of students, school districts and county offices of education, and to read more outreach tips, visit www.csba.org/outreach.aspx