MABE’s Legislative
Committee,
Process,
Resources &
Communications
MABE’s Legislative Process
Bill Review
•Staff
•Daily Synopsis (DLS)
•Tracking Report (DLS)
•MABE Bill Report
Communication
Advocacy
•Legislative Committee
•GreenSheets
•Bill Highlights &
Bill Tracking Report
•Legislative Positions
•Testimony
•Calls to Action
•Talking Points
MABE’s Legislative Process
Bill Synopsis
Analysis
Fiscal Note
MABE’s
Testimony
MABE’s
Position
Bill Tracking
Report
Call to
Action
Bill
Hearing
Votes & Bill
Status
MABE’s Bill Positions
Bill Analysis
Resolutions
Legislative
Positions
Hold
Support,
Support with
Amendment,
Oppose,
No Position
Bill Tracking
Report
Legislative
Committee
MABE
Testimony
Bill Hearing
Legislative Committee Process
• Committee Meetings: Bill Highlights, Advocacy
Reports, Budget Updates, Guest Speakers, and Votes
on Bill Decisions.
• Bill Decisions by the Legislative Committee:
Staff recommends positions for the Committee’s
action on selected bills.
 Examples: Governor/Leadership-sponsored bills, major
new initiatives, bills involving inter-jurisdictional issues,
and requests for MABE positions on local bills.
 Note: Most MABE bill positions are determined by staff in
accordance with adopted Resolutions & Positions.
• Committee Chair: Attends leadership meetings &
presents testimony on priority bills.
Legislative Communications
MABE’s
Weekly
Newsletter &
Calls to Action
MABE’s Bill
Report
MABE’s
Testimony
Calls to Action
GreenSheets
Alerts
(weekly)
(as needed)
•Articles
•New Bill Highlights
•Bill Tracking Report
•Alerts
•Calls to Action
•Talking Points
•Contacts
•Specific Action
•Feedback Loop
GreenSheet & Alerts
Email via Constant Contact
Taking Action
Who to contact…
Legislator email/phone contacts
will be provided
What to say…
Use MABE Testimony and/or
Talking Points
Timing & Feedback…
Prompt action & informing MABE
adds to overall effectiveness
Alerts & Calls to Action
Example of a GreenSheet Bill Highlight &
Call to Action with the House Ways & Means Committee
Call to Action - Contact the Ways and Means Committee & Education Subcommitee to Oppose HB 633 to mandate
collective bargaining of teacher and principal evaluations
House Bill 633
TITLE: Education – Teacher and Principal Evaluations – Revisions to Requirements
POSITION: OPPOSE
MABE Testimony
DATE: February 18, 2016
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means Committee
To voice opposition to HB 633 (which was heard on 2/18) – Use these links to the Ways and Means Committee; and the
Ways and Means Committee Roster.
Talking Points
•
MABE opposes House Bill 633, and the proposal to mandate the collective bargaining of the ways in which local
school systems evaluate teachers and principals.
•
This provision of House Bill 633 represents a 180 degree reversal of longstanding law that excludes educator
evaluation systems from the contract negotiation process.
•
If enacted, House Bill 633 would empower employee unions to litigate their objections to educator evaluation
systems before the Public School Labor Relations Board (PSLRB) and ultimately the courts.
•
This would be a devastating blow to the governance and management authority of local boards and
superintendents to evaluate staff.
•
Granting employee organizations access to mediation and binding arbitration regarding their evaluation systems
could significantly weaken the authority of local boards and superintendents to establish and enforce evaluation
systems that hold individual staff to high standards of professionalism and performance.
Alerts & Calls to Action
Example of a GreenSheet Bill Highlight & Call to Action
Bill Information
Alerts & Calls to Action
Example of a GreenSheet Bill Highlight & Call to Action
MABE Testimony
Contacting Key Legislators
The House Ways and Means Committee
Contacting Key Legislators
The House Ways and Means Committee
Education Subcommittee
Contacting Key Legislators
Education Subcommittee Chair
Delegate Anne Kaiser
Contacting Key Legislators
Education Subcommittee Chair
Delegate Anne Kaiser
Contacting Key Legislators
Delegate Anne Kaiser
Feedback
Letting MABE know how the conversation went
Contact Information:
John R. Woolums, Esq.
Director of Governmental Relations
MABE
621 Ridgely Avenue, Suite 300
Annapolis, MD 21401
o: 410-841-5414
c: 410-570-7365
[email protected]
Stay Tuned!
MABE Legislative
Committee Meetings
Go to MABE’s Annapolis
Advocacy Center for:
• Jan. 9, 2017
• Jan. 23, 2017
• Feb. 9, 2017
• MABE's Legislative Day
• Feb. 13, 2017
• Mar. 6, 2017
• Mar. 20, 2017
• Apr. 3, 2017
• May 1, 2017
• Session Summary
• 2017 Legislative Positions &
Priorities
• MABE Testimony & Bill
Status Reports
• Legislative Committee
Materials
• Priority Issues
• Advocacy Toolkit
• Resolutions