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2010 Legislative
Task Force & Lobbying Efforts
The BH-BL Board
of Education urges as many residents and staff as
possible to tell state leaders in Albany what you think
about state legislation that impacts our schools, our
school budget, and our school taxes.
Please send
letters and make phone calls to Albany!
Reminder: Letters, faxes
and phone calls to state legislators are
effective. Emails are not.
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Contact Info for Key State
Leaders |
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Assemblyman
representing the BH-BL area
Assemblyman
James Tedisco
Room 329, LOB
Albany, NY
12248
(518)
455-5772, fax (518) 370-2862
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Leader of the NY
State Assembly
Assemblyman
Sheldon Silver
Room 932, LOB
Albany, NY
12248
(518) 455-3791,
fax (518) 455-5459
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Chair of
Assembly Education Committee
Assemblywoman
Catherine Nolan
Room 836, LOB
Albany, NY
12248
(518) 455-4851,
fax (518) 455-3847
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Senator
representing the BH-BL area
Senator Hugh
T. Farley
Room 706, LOB
Albany, NY
12247
(518)
455-2181, fax (518) 455-2271
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Leaders of the NY
State Senate
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Senator
Malcolm A. Smith
Room 909, LOB
Albany, NY
12247
(518) 455-2701,
fax (518) 455-2816
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Senator John
L. Sampson
Room 409, LOB
Albany, NY
12247
(518)
455-2788, fax (518) 426-6806
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Chair of the
Senate Education Committee
Senator Suzi
Oppenheimer
Room 806, LOB
Albany, NY
12247
(518)
455-2031, fax 426-6860
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Governor
Governor David
Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY
12224
(518) 474-8390,
fax (518) 408-2549
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BH-BL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE GOALS:
• To influence state
legislation that could or already does impact our schools and community
by actively involving more BH-BL residents in the
lobbying process.
• To connect local
residents with state lawmakers in more tangible, visible
and meaningful ways.
• To help residents
understand the role the state plays in school budgets
and in local Board of Education decision making.
MEMBERS: Volunteers are being
solicited from the community and staff to participate in
this new initiative. The task force is open to all
staff, residents and high school students who wish to
participate, but the ideal member is a registered voter
and a district resident. In other words, the ideal
person is someone who can say to a legislator “I’m a
BH-BL resident and I vote.”
Once a position paper and talking points have been
developed, task force members will be given support to
start lobbying legislators. They can select activities
they are comfortable with, such as:
• Making phone calls to
legislators.
• Sending real letters or
faxes to legislators – not emails!
• Joining district
officials in visits to legislators.
• Attending rallies as a
group (such as the Capital Area Public School Board
Association breakfast in Albany).
PROCESS: Interested persons are
asked to:
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1. |
Give us your name and contact information,
including email address & phone, so we know how
to reach you. (Please email this to
Communications Specialist Christy Multer.) |
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2. |
Join us for the next
Task Force meeting at 6:30 pm on Tuesday,
March 23, in the middle school library
immediately before the regular Board of
Education meeting. |
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3. |
Attend the three Budget Forums on Feb. 2, March
2 and March 25, if you can, so you can learn
about this year’s challenges and how BH-BL is
responding. |
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4. |
Sign up to receive “Budget
Development Announcement” School News Notifier
alerts, if you wish, to automatically receive
email updates about budget activities and
meetings. You can get
more information here or click directly on the SNN
logo, above right. |
For more budget info, see also:
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