ADVOCACY

The Oklahoma State School Boards Association is the voice of school board members at the Capitol.

OSSBA initiates and encourages legislation to benefit Oklahoma’s public school students. OSSBA also provides policy and legislation-related information to school board members so that they may informed and effective advocates on behalf of their school district’s students at the Capitol and in their local communities.

Rooney Virgin is OSSBA’s Director of Government Affairs and represents OSSBA members at the state Capitol. She sends out a weekly legislative update during the legislative session and action alerts as needed. To receive legislative action alerts via text message, text @ossb to 81010.

OSSBA wants to make it easy for you to be in the know regarding education issues. Be sure to check out the following resources: