Legislative Day Invitation

Legislative Day Registration

Registration with hotel Deadline: May 1, 2008
Registration without hotel Deadline: May 9, 2008

The North Carolina School Counselor Association works to provide a voice for the concerns of school counselors across the state.  This is your opportunity to assist with that process!

On Wednesday, June 4, counselors from across the state will come to Raleigh to receive training on legislative issues and spend the day at the NC Legislative Building talking with their legislators about important topics for school counselors in North Carolina.  NCSCA hopes to have representation from all counties to meet legislators on this day

At this event, we promote issues that are of concern to school counselors and the children that we serve.  The visits will also be an opportunity to educate our state senators and representatives on the wide range of responsibilities that we have as school counselors.

NCSCA members are needed especially this year to promote and ask for support of current bills involving counselor job descriptions, testing reform, reduction of student to counselor ratio, retirement issues and salary scale for school counselors.

TENTATIVE  AGENDA

7:45        
Registration/Check-in – Room 150 NC Dept. of Public Instruction

8:15
Information Session – Room 150 NC Department of Public Instruction

9:30
Go to Leg. Building  Visits with your legislators

11:30
Lunch – Provided by NCSCA Room 150, DPI

12:30
Reception for legislators General Assembly Court Area

1:30
Legislative Session

3:00
Debriefing/Next Steps

Please call your senator and representative now to set up an appointment between 9:30 and 11:30 on Wednesday, June 4.  You can call 919/733-4111 or go to the website on NC legislature at www.ncga.state.nc.us.

Need a place to stay?
We have reserved a block of rooms for out-of-town counselors at the Clarion in downtown Raleigh.  The rooms are reserved for Tuesday, June 3, only.  We will be subsidizing the cost of the rooms as long as we receive your registration form by Thursday, May 1.   We will make the hotel reservations for you provided that you complete the hotel information section on the registration form and include your cost in your check.

An information is posted to above or can be mailed to participants confirming registration, room reservation (if requested), directions, etc.

Registration fee:  $8.00 (plus hotel costs if needed)
Registration Deadline w/out hotel – Friday, May 9, 2008.  Note, there will be limited on-site registration.

Have questions?  Call NCSCA Government Relations Co-Chairs Deirdra Williams at (919) 562-3625 or Becky Bloomfield at (919) 567-4154.

Note:  After May 1, you may still register for Legislative Day 2008, but may need to make your own hotel arrangements.  A list of area hotels will be provided upon request.