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Ryan Deitsch, 18, and other students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School meet with lawmakers on the House floor at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee on February 21.

TALLAHASSEE — About 50 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School met with lawmakers Tuesday, telling their stories of last week's shooting that left 17 dead in the hope legislators will pass new gun control laws.

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The Illinois lawmakers requested a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman afterthe Tribune reported Sunday that ammonia - laden chicken, beef and potato wedges landed in Illinois school cafeterias.

LAC is your best opportunity to learn firsthand how the results of the 2016 election will impact your programs, as well as meet face - to - face with lawmakers to educate them about the importance of school meals.

State Education Commissioner David Steiner, who is under intense pressure to either grant or deny a waiver to Mayor Bloomberg's NYC schools chancellor pick, Cathie Black, is keeping a fairly low profile these days, but he did respond to a letter from minority lawmakers who hoped to meet with him prior to his decision.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

Parent leaders met last month with lawmakers and the NYPD to discuss school safety, including locking doors, according to Community Education Council District 31 President Mike Reilly.

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The Chancellor traveled to Albany today to address the Assembly Education Committee and meet with lawmakers, including Senators Flanagan and Golden, on key education policy and local school issues.

And with the Assembly passing a bill to extend both mayoral control and local sales taxes, and the Senate tying mayoral control to various charter school provisions, Cuomo was betting lawmakers would return toward the end of the year to meet a different deadline — the one to re-authorize local taxes before they expire.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was initially scheduled to come up to Albany, presumably for a series of non-public meetings with lawmakers amid renewed tensions with Senate Republicans over mayoral control of New York City schools.

Representatives from the New York City Charter School Center and the Northeast Charter Schools Network will meet with charter - friendly lawmakers Feb. 2.

After meeting privately with a bipartisan group of business leaders at City Hall on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told members of the media that there is widespread agreement mayoral control of city schools must be extended by Albany lawmakers.

Some had left their Staten Island and Queens homes as early as 4 a.m. to make departure on time, others had taken the day off work or school, all were there for the same reason: to meet with state lawmakers and convince them to modernize New York's antiquated election laws.

The annual Longwood meeting, which brings school superintendents and board members together with state and federal lawmakers, provides a regional kickoff for the annual school budget season.

The lawmaker has met with high school students in recent weeks to discuss gun violence, including groups in St. Lawrence County and Whitehall in Washington County.

In their meetings with lawmakers, UFT members advocated for a substantial state funding increase, noting that Albany still owes New York City public schools $ 2 billion as a result of the 2016 settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school aid lawsuit.

President Trump hosted a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D - Calif., discuss guns and school safety on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump again lobbied for increased school security measures, including armed staff, in a meeting with congressional lawmakers from both parties on Feb. 28.

Last week, it became clear in House and Senate education committees» meetings that not all lawmakers were on board with the move to these grade - level learning expectations that would have brought Pennsylvania public school instruction more in unison with the standards that 44 other states and the District of Columbia were in the process of implementing.

Nevada school superintendents pleaded with state lawmakers Thursday for flexibility from educational mandates to try to meet a 10 percent budget reduction that could mean thousands of teacher layoffs statewide.

She also met with lawmakers who are considering a bill to expand statewide a program offering tax - funded vouchers for private school tuition.

Speaking of budget and legislative session, we're gearing up for the 13th annual Charter School Advocacy Day on Tuesday, February 7 in Albany where families and educators have a chance to meet face - to - face with the lawmakers who enact policies and laws that affect charter schools.

On Thursday, we were at Stamford Charter School for Excellence meeting with lawmakers and parents!

About four years ago, Richard Barth, CEO of KIPP Public Charter Schools, was visiting Capitol Hill with a few colleagues for a series of meetings with lawmakers.

On Thursday morning, Republican state Rep. Larry Pittman of Cabarrus County near Charlotte told other lawmakers that he recently met with a police officer who wants to talk with lawmakers about training school personnel and allowing them to carry guns on campus.

In a meeting with the Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool warned that classroom budget cuts would be necessary if teachers don't agree to concessions in a new contract and if state lawmakers don't come through with $ 215 million for the district's budget.

Take advantage of this month's congressional recess to meet with your federal lawmakers, inform them about sequestration's severe consequences on local schools, and urge them to repeal the across - the - board cuts.

A commission formed by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R - Rochester, headed by two GOP lawmakers with a longstanding interest in K - 12 education and composed of Democrats, Republicans, school officials, advocates and educators met for the first time Thursday to begin the first serious review in 20 years.

Anticipating the coming budget battle with Congress, Obama said that educators and the lawmakers that provide funding for schools should continue to focus on directing more resources to low - performing schools; on maintaining high standards for students and providing schools with the resources to meet those standards; and on providing sufficient funding for special - education students and English language learners.

Horn's comments came after a meeting with local school board members in Charlotte this week, who, like many districts across the state, say a looming legislative mandate to slash class sizes in the early grades would have dramatic implications without additional funding or a reprieve from lawmakers.

Superintendent John Deasy and School Board members Steve Zimmer and Monica Ratliff flew to Washington D.C. last week, not for a relaxing getaway but to meet with lawmakers to discuss the impact of federal budget cuts is having on the district.

... • More than 400 high school students are expected to visit the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon to meet with state lawmakers about policies that help curb youth usage of tobacco and alcohol.

Fed up with the «constant battle over the co-location issue,» school board member Steve Zimmer responded by drafting a resolution, which will be taken up at the board meeting tomorrow, to persuade state lawmakers to create guidelines for applying the law.

She met with educators and students at great schools across Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin and campaigned to make public education a priority for lawmakers.

ORIGINAL STORY: About 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School poured into the state Capitol this morning to call for tighter gun control laws in the wake of last week's massacre on their school campus, where they met with lawmakers and planned to join with college students for a noon School poured into the state Capitol this morning to call for tighter gun control laws in the wake of last week's massacre on their school campus, where they met with lawmakers and planned to join with college students for a noon school campus, where they met with lawmakers and planned to join with college students for a noon rally.

Politico Morning Education Nearly two dozen students and parents met with lawmakers this week to describe how private school choice has changed their lives.

Good Morning Politico Morning Education Nearly two dozen students and parents met with lawmakers this week to describe how private school choice has changed their lives.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — West Michigan lawmakers will meet with leaders of Grand Rapids Public Schools during a luncheon Monday, Dec. 11, to hear what they need to help students reach their full potential.

Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School and president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission, compared the secret questionnaires to private conversations with lobbyists, «or any closed - door meeting where you try to extract a promise from a lawmaker in exchange for x.»

The Northeast Charter Schools Network and the NYC Charter School Center will be meeting with lawmakers and lobbying for funding equity and facilities funding for all charter schools at their 12th annual Advocacy Day on February 2 in Schools Network and the NYC Charter School Center will be meeting with lawmakers and lobbying for funding equity and facilities funding for all charter schools at their 12th annual Advocacy Day on February 2 in schools at their 12th annual Advocacy Day on February 2 in Albany.

The daylong event features meetings with lawmakers to push for funding equity and facilities funding for schools that do not currently receive support for their buildings.

Following the celebration, participants will meet with lawmakers individually to push for funding parity and facilities dollars for schools that do not currently receive support for their buildings.

Citizens from across Montana, including members of the Montana Girl Scouts Lone Rock School Cadette Troop # 3756, are participating in Humane Lobby Dayto meet with lawmakers and lobby for better animal welfare laws for pets.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to discuss video game violence Thursday at a White House school safety meeting with industry leaders and their critics, as well as a handful of Republican lawmakers.

Ian Kravitz, whose daughter is a junior at the school and was one of the students who went to Tallahassee last week to meet with lawmakers, carried a sign reading We Love Our Teachers, We Will Have Your Back.

Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland have been active in the week since the shooting — holding rallies, being interviewed by national media and organizing a bus trip to the Florida State Capitol to meet with lawmakers.

In the five weeks since the massacre, the Parkland, Florida, students have been transformed into high - profile gun control advocates, leading school walkouts and meeting with lawmakers as they demand steps be taken to address the issue of gun violence in America.

MacKenzie Grayson, Supervisor for the Parents as Teachers program in the Normandy Schools Collaborative and former PAT participant, recently met with U.S. Senator Roy Blunt in Washington, D.C. MacKenzie was part of a group of PAT moms and parent educators from several states who traveled to the nation's capital last week to visit with lawmakers.

School's coming to Capitol Hill over the next two days as thousands of REALTORS ® meet with lawmakers to provide a refresher course on how critical the federal government's historic support for home ownership is to the country's future.