2022 Legislative Advocacy Conference

2022 Legislative Advocacy Conference
July 12-14, 2022
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Registration Fees
*to pay by PO or check please use the PDF form
Registration is $159
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Housing Information
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Join a Delegation of Superintendents and School
Business Officials this Summer
AASA’s Legislative Advocacy Conference is the premier opportunity for school superintendents and school business officials to make their voices heard on Capitol Hill and learn about the latest federal policy issues that will impact their districts.
The event hosts, AASA and ASBO, will be on-hand to brief you on key priorities and pending legislation, and to help prepare you to meet effectively with your representatives.
This year will allow school leaders to connect with staff on Capitol Hill as well as a variety of policy experts who can advise them on critical financial and policy decisions ahead.
Agenda:
Tuesday, July 12
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Wednesday, July 13
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Thursday, July 14
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Conference Kick off
12:30pm
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Congressional Breakfast
7:30am
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Legal Update: Snapchat, CRT, Books, Masks, Magnets and More… Maree Sneed, Education Lawyer, LLC
8:30am
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A Time of Crisis for Public Education Jennifer Berkshire, Podcast Host, Author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
12:40pm
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Capitol Hill Day
9:00am – 3:30pm
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Federal Funds, Local Impact. Melissa Junge, Founding Partner
Sheara Krvaric, Founding Partner
Federal Education Group, PLLC (PEG)
9:30am
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Wisely Spending ESSER Funds While Addressing Enrollment Declines, Staff Shortages and Inflation Dr. Marguerite Roza, Research Professor and Director of the Edunomics Lab Georgetown University
2pm
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Energy Efficiency in School Infrastructure Department of Energy
3:30pm |
Attitudes toward Education and 2022 Election Preview Celinda Lake, President Lake Research Partners
10:30am |
The Shortfalls in Calculating Student Poverty at the Federal Level Krista Ruffini, Asst. Prof., Georgetown
Rachel Anderson, Director, Policy and Research Strategy, Data Quality Campaign (DQC)
Kristin Blagg, Senior Research Associate in the Center on Education Data and Policy, Urban Institute
Moderated by Erica Green, Reporter New York Times
3pm
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Closing Session
11:30am |
FY23 Appropriations and Funding Update Sarah Abernathy, Executive Director Committee for Education Funding (CEF)
3:45pm
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AASA/ASBO Federal Policy Updates Noelle Ellerson Ng, AED, Advocacy & Governance, AASA
Sasha Pudelski, Dir. of Advocacy, AASA
Elleka Yost, Dir. of Advocacy, ASBO International
4:30pm
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Featured Speakers
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Jennifer Berkshire, creator and co-host of the education policy podcast “Have You Heard” and the author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School, will give a keynote address on how we can and must save public education. |
Celinda Lake, one of two lead pollsters for the Biden campaign in 2020 and the Democratic Party’s leading political strategists, will discuss the polling around public education and how specific education issues will factor into state and federal elections this fall. |
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Maree Sneed, a renowned education attorney and consultant, will dive deep into the recent SCOTUS decision on school prayer, discuss the Biden Administration’s proposed Title IX regulations and discuss a host of key legal and regulatory education issues. |
Dr. Marguerite Roza, director the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, and the most respected voice on education finance in the country, will share the good and bad she’s seeing in district ARP spending plans and how to adjust budgets for decreased enrollment, inflation and a host of other financial issues. |
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*Full times for speakers will be forthcoming.