Educational Law & Policy Committee

Goals for the Biennium:

• Inform members of legislative actions regarding education
• Ask members to prioritize the top seven educational issues to present to legislators
• Develop a strategy to do research on legislative issues which impact teachers
• Set up a means of quickly communicating legislative news to chapter members to allow members to communicate immediately with representatives
• Encourage members to engage local and state elected officeholders at chapter meetings and in their local offices

Members of the Educational Law & Policy Committee, 2021-2023:
Dr. Malinda Pennington, Chair
​Emily Lucas
Dee Snyder
Dr. Mandy Taylor
Londa Von Weter
Debbie Dryden, US Forum Representative

​Ex officio
Beth Winstead, NC DKG President

Information from the Educational Law & Policy Committee:

Chapter Presidents, The Educational Law & Policy Committee needs a designated representative from your chapter to receive high-importance information about Legislative issues which needs to be shared quickly with your members.  Please forward the name of your ELP Chapter Contact to Pat Fecher at pfecher74@gmail.com  The name of your chapter, the personal (not school) phone number of your contact person , and the personal (not school) email of that person should be included.  Thank you.

• Click here for the 2019 White Paper of Legislative issues (posted 1/21/19)
• Click here for the DKG Neutrality Statement written February 2017
• Click here for research on Salary and Benefits in Southeastern US (2016 State Convention Presentation)
• Click here to view the Department of Education's fact sheet on Testing Action Plan
• Click here for recommended protocol for contacting elected officials
• ​Click here for links to contact North Carolina Legislatures​
• Click here for the slide from Fall 2019  Executive Board meeting