LMS PTSA provides a healthy community for Lincoln students, teachers, and families. But it is also a child advocacy organization and a member of larger PTAs at the school district (PTA Council), state, and national levels. PTA’s advocacy mission is to speak on behalf of all children and youth at all these levels.
One of PTA’s purposes is “to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.” PTA promotes and encourages legislative advocacy for the education and welfare of all children and youth.
See ‘Current Legislative Issues’ below for details of current legislation supported by State PTA and a local measure supported by Lincoln PTSA.
Role of PTA in Legislation
California State PTA takes positions on issues of concern and legislation based on position statements in the California State PTA Toolkit, California State PTA resolutions, California State PTA Legislation Platform and National PTA positions and resolutions.
See ‘Current Legislative Issues’ below for details of current legislation supported by State PTA and a local measure supported by Lincoln PTSA.
At a local level, PTA legislative advocacy chairs are responsible for demonstrating leadership on children’s issues. Their role is to educate PTA members, community members and elected officials about PTA’s issues of concern and legislative priorities and goals.
Lincoln’s Legislative Advocacy Team
Lincoln’s PTSA Legislation Chair provides PTSA members with information about PTA positions on current legislation and issues. This position is currently open. If you are interested in the role or in helping on the Legislation Committee, we would love to hear from you!
Please contact PTSA President, Teague Weybright for more information.
No amount of fundraising can have as much impact on our school as a single piece of legislation. We always welcome members interested in joining our Legislative Advocacy Team. Thanks for your support!
Current Legislative Issues
California PTA tracks and takes positions on all California bills that will have an effect of California’s children. It has taken support positions on the following statewide ballot measures, on the November 2020 state ballot:
State PTA supports Proposition 15: the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act (otherwise known as Schools & Communities First).
Prop 15 will change how commercial and industrial property is taxed and will increase funding for K-12 public schools, community colleges and local governments by requiring that commercial and industrial real estate property worth $3 million or more be taxed based on current market value.
It protects all homeowners and renters by maintaining tax protections for ALL residential property.
Revenue from Prop 15 would be allocated to schools (40%) and other local governments (60%).
More information:
https://capta.org/focus-areas/advocacy/state-ballot-measures/split-roll-initiative/
State PTA also supports Proposition 16: Repeal Proposition 209 – Restore Affirmative Action
State PTA believes that support Prop 16 is necessary to restore critical equal opportunity policies in state hiring, contracting, and education. Prop 16 asks the voters of California to vote on permitting the use of race, gender, and ethnic diversity as factors (but not decisive factors) in education including college admissions, government hiring, and government contracting.
More information:
https://capta.org/focus-areas/advocacy/state-ballot-measures/propostion-16
For more about State PTA’s role in advocating for students, see: https://capta.org/focus-areas/advocacy/
Lincoln PTSA members have voted to support local Measure SM, which is also on the November ballot:
Local Measure SM
Supported by LMS PTSA, Measure SM is also supported by Santa Monica Malibu Council of PTAs and the Santa Monica Board of Education.
If approved, Measure SM, which would impose a parcel tax on transfers of property of more than $5 million, will provide an estimated $3 million in financial resources to the Santa Monica City Council for use in essential services, including libraries and afterschool programs, among others.
The PTSA encourages you to vote YES on local Measure SM.
For the facts on Measure SM go to SM Vote.