When:
Where: In Person
Mackinac Room, Anderson House Office Building
124 N. Capitol Ave
Lansing MI 48933
This event provides board members with the unique opportunity to meet with their state representatives and senators and learn from policy experts on issues affecting their districts. Lunch is provided.

 

 
Agenda
8 a.m.
 
Registration
 
8:25 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Don Wotruba, CAE, Executive Director, MASB

 
8:30 a.m.

Legislative Panel

Invited:
Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), Chair, Senate Education Committee
Sen. Lana Theis (R-Brighton), Minority Vice-Chair, K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Rep. Nancy DeBoer (R-Holland), Chair, House Education Committee
Rep. Jimmie Wilson (D-Ypsilanti), Minority Vice-Chair, House Education Committee
 
9:35 a.m.

School Aid Budget Update

Jacqueline Mullen, House Fiscal Agency
 
10:20 a.m.

Break

 
10:30 a.m.
Hot Topic
 
11:15 a.m.
Transportation Funding and the School Aid Fund
Jennifer Smith, Director of Government Relations, MASB
 
11:40 a.m.

Talking Points and Q & A

Brenda Pilgrim, Assistant Director of Government Relations, MASB

Noon

Lunch, Advocating and Networking

Legislators representing attendees will be invited

1 p.m.

Adjourn

Optional: Meet With Senator or Representative’s Staff in Offices; Watch House Session; Attend Committee Meetings; Explore the Capitol Visitors' Center; Guided Tour of Capitol