Voice of America’s Private Schools
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Four Steps to Success ★ Step 1: Identify Focus Legislators ★ Step 2: Develop Profiles of Legislators ★ Step 3: Identify Grasstops Constituents ★ Step 4: Assist Constituents Step 1: Identify Target Legislators
★House • Committee on Education and Labor • Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies • Committee on Ways and Means • Speaker and Minority Leader
★Senate • Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions • Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies • Majority and Minority Leaders Step 1: Identify Target Legislators
Current List of 66 Focus Legislators
Alabama Iowa Nevada Pennsylvania Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL) Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Rep. Dean Heller (R-NV-2) Rep. Philip S. English (R-PA-3) Alaska Illinois Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA-19) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL-5) New York Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13) California Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL-2) Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-18) Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) Rep. Susan Davis (R-CA-53) Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY-15) Rhode Island Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA-15) Indiana Rep. James T. Walsh (R-NY-25) Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI-1) Rep. H. McKeon (R-CA-25) Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN-3) Ohio Tennessee Rep. George Miller (D-CA–7) Kentucky Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH-8) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8) Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH-13) Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN-3) Connecticut Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY-3) Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH-16) Texas Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3) Louisiana Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH 17) Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-25) Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Rep. Stephanie Jones (D-OH-11) Rep. R. E. Hinojosa (D-TX-15) Delaware Rep. Jim McCrery (R-LA-4) Missouri Sen. Kay B. Hutchison (R-TX) Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE-AL) Massachusetts Rep. Kenny C Hulshof (R-MO-9) Utah Florida Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) Mississippi Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL-8) Maryland Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Virginia Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL-17) Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD-5) Montana Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA-7) Rep. Debbie Schultz (D-FL-20) Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD-03) Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT-AL) Washington Rep. David Weldon (R-FL-15) Rep. C. Van Hollen, Jr. (D-MD-8) New Hampshire Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) Georgia Michigan Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) Wisconsin Rep. S. D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2) Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI-3) New Jersey Rep. David R. Obey D-WI-7) Hawaii Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI-2) Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-WI-1) Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI-2) Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D MI–5) Rep. Donald M. Payne D-NJ-10) Wyoming Minnesota New Mexico Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-4) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Step 2: Develop Profiles of Legislators Step 2: Develop Profiles of Legislators
Excerpt from Bio Document Step 3: Identify Focus Constituents
★Grasstops • names of willing education leaders in districts/states • religious leaders • community and business leaders • contributors to political campaigns • board members, administrators
★Grassroots • identification of private schools in districts • names of willing parents and teachers in districts/states Step 3: Identify Focus Constituents How the State CAPE Network Can Help
Washington
Montana North Maine Dakota Minnesota
Oregon Vermont Idaho New Hampshire South Wisconsin Dakota New York Massachusetts Wyoming Michigan Connecticut Rhode Island Iowa Pennsylvania Nevada Nebraska New Jersey
Illinois Ohio Illinois Indiana Delaware Utah Maryland California Colorado West Virginia Kansas Missouri Virginia Kentucky
North Carolina Tennessee Arizona Oklahoma Arkansas New Mexico South Carolina
Mississippi Georgia Alabama
Texas State CAPE/Affiliate Louisiana Not a State CAPE Florida
Alaska Pending State CAPE
Hawaii Puerto Rico How the State CAPE Network Can Help
States with OpFoc Legislators Alabama Indiana Missouri Rhode Island Alaska Iowa Montana Tennessee California Kentucky Nevada Texas Connecticut Louisiana New Hampshire Utah Delaware Maryland New Jersey Virginia Florida Massachusetts New Mexico Washington Georgia Michigan New York Wisconsin Hawaii Minnesota Ohio Wyoming Illinois Mississippi Pennsylvania
Yellow = State CAPEs How the State CAPE Network Can Help
★ Identify and recruit grasstops advocates for focus legislators ★ Most states have 1-2 focus legislators ★ Lists of schools may be helpful in recruiting grasstops advocates ★ Contact administrators of large schools by mail or phone and ask them for help in identifying grasstops advocates ★ Send potential grasstops advocates to
Text CAPE’s Lists of Private Schools by Districts CAPE’s Lists of Private Schools by Districts Step 4: Assist Willing Constituents
★ Provide briefing materials on issues ★ Web-based training/information sessions? ★ Training handbook and materials? ★ Other suggestions? Operation Focus
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