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2007 Budget Advocacy

2007 Budget Advocacy. Mark Peters CHCCS PTA Council Legislative Chair. Agenda. Budget Process Advocacy Tips Hearing Dates Next Steps Discussion. PTA Mission.

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2007 Budget Advocacy

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  1. 2007 Budget Advocacy Mark Peters CHCCS PTA Council Legislative Chair

  2. Agenda • Budget Process • Advocacy Tips • Hearing Dates • Next Steps • Discussion

  3. PTA Mission • To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children • To assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; • To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

  4. Adopted PTA Council Position • Support Full Funding of CHCCS Board of Education Request • We support fully funding the budget request of the CHCCS Board of Education. [CHCCS-PTA-2006.6] • (Was approved by every PTA in CHCCS)

  5. Budget Process • CHCCS Board of Education (BOE) • Submits Budget Request • Orange Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) • Manager Proposes a Budget • THURSDAY 7:30PM – Battle Courtroom, HillsboroughWHO CAN ATTEND??? WOULD LIKE IT TAPED • Public Hearings • Commissioners Decide on Budget & Amount of School Funding • CHCCS BOE • Decides on how to spend allocated funding & possibly cuts • NC Legislature • Could provide $10M relief with Real Estate Transfer Tax & $4M Medicaid Relief

  6. Advocacy Tips • Parents and Teachers are Crucial! • The most important people are those who are new faces to the commissioners • Numbers Matter • Letters to editor • Emails to commissioners • Public hearing speakers

  7. Speaking/Writing Tips • Be Positive! (No decision has been made yet) • Be Brief! • Don’t advocate for specific line items to the commissioners (that’s the school board’s job) • See the handout for Topic Ideas, Public Hearing Logistics, Taxation Primer, etc.

  8. Ptacouncil.com • Your source for up to date information • Form to email commissioners • Links to submit Letters To Editor • Links to hearing locations • Links to important CHCCS documents • Links to past hearing minutes • Hosts email lists

  9. Orange County Budget Public Hearings • Thursday, May 31st7:30 pm (arrive early to sign up)Superior Courtroom, 106 East Margaret Lane in Hillsborough (new location) • Monday, June 4th7:30 pm (arrive early to sign up) Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, 150 South Road on the UNC campus in Chapel Hill (new location)

  10. Next Steps: What you can do • It is now up to each school to make sure that you have participation • Folks who have already communicated extensively to the commissioners and public have to step back and act as consultants (we’ve already been heard) • Leaders from each school should communicate amongst themselves • We have an email list set up and will add folks

  11. School Budget Leader Signup Sheet I will: • Be a contact point for my school (perhaps teaming with others at my school) • Communicate with other people who sign up (ie – share this info) • Recruit at least 3 people to write letters to the editor (may include myself) • Recruit at least 5 people to speak (may include myself) • Ask school to record custom Connect Ed message for hearings • Work with others to create and distribute flyers to my school

  12. Basic Pledge Signup Sheet • I pledge to • Write a letter to the editor (don’t forget to read the tip sheet) • Speak at one hearing • Talk to 5 friends and neighbors, especially those who aren’t active in PTA or SGC

  13. Easel Signup Sheet • Bring an easel and posterboard so that attendees can sign a petition for school funding and be counted even if they don’t get to speak.

  14. Volunteer for Signs/Stickers/Balloons/Etc • Be Creative!! • Volunteer to put up a sign outside the hearing or bring balloons or make stickers that people can wear or think up something else • we probably don’t want balloons or signs inside as they are distracting

  15. Teachers • Teachers are allowed to speak on their own time & using their own resources (email acct) • Many teachers are not comfortable speaking because they are employees (which I respect) • Teachers who spoke in past hearings were very compelling and were able to put likely cuts into very concrete, first-hand terms

  16. Discussion

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