Advocacy

School districts across New York State are subject to many laws and regulations (commonly referred to as “mandates”) issued by the Governor and State Legislature, New York State Education Department, and U.S. Department of Education. A significant number of such mandates are formulated without input, feedback or cost-benefit analysis from local school districts, and often result in unintended negative educational and fiscal consequences. Our elected representatives are better informed about local concerns and their magnitude and are most likely to respond when they hear directly from individual constituents. We encourage you to contact them.

We are providing sample letters below related to an issue we believe to be of immediate concern to our school district and likely to gain traction with our State government at this time.

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MAKE PUBLIC EDUCATION WHOLE

** Please take IMMEDIATE action **
. . .and advocate on behalf of the 4,000+ children of the Chappaqua Central School District

NOTE:
You are encouraged to customize any sample letters below to your liking, or you may use them as written if you prefer. Please consider providing your mailing address in the closing so they see that you are a constituent!

LETTERS & ACTION ITEMS will be posted here as the school year progresses

4 convenient ways to TAKE ACTION:

Copy the letter and paste it into an email to all of CCSD’s State representatives in Albany.
Go to the Voter Voice page of the Westchester Putnam School Boards Association website. You will find a similar, customizable letter that you can easily send to our State representatives to appropriately fund NYS public school districts.
Call any or all of the phone numbers listed below and let your voice be heard.

Governor Kathy Hochul NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 518-474-8390 Email	NYS Senator Peter Harckham Legislative Office Building, Rm. 812 Albany, NY 12247 518-455-2340 Email	NYS Assemblyman Chris Burdick 518-455-5397 Email
NYS Senator Shelley Mayer Chair, Education Committee Legislative Office Building, Rm. 615 Albany, NY 12247 518-455-2031 Email	NYS Assemblyman Michael Benedetto Chair, Education Committee Legislative Office Building, Rm. 836 Albany, NY 12248 518-455-5296 Email
NYS Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins Majority Leader, New York State Senate Legislative Office Building, Rm. 907 Albany, NY 12247 518-455-2585 Email	NYS Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie Speaker, New York State Assembly Legislative Office Building, Rm. 932 Albany, NY 12248 518-455-3791 Email
Dr. Lester Young Jr. Chancellor NYS Education Department 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234 518-474-3852 Email	Dr. Frances Wills Regent NYS Education Department 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234 518-474-3889 Email	Dr. Betty A. Rosa Commissioner NYS Education Department 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234 518-474-3852 Email

Please keep in mind that this page is a work-in-progress and will be updated as we continue to monitor ongoing legislative issues affecting school districts.

We thank the Chappaqua PTA and its Advocacy Committee for joining us in our advocacy efforts.

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