Legislative Concerns

General Information

Legislative action is one of the three core missions of NAGPS, to ensure that the concerns of graduate students nationwide are heard by their leaders.  NAGPS seeks to improve the lives of graduate students throughout the United States by:

• Organizing direct lobbying through its semiannual Legislative Action Days

• Informing its membership of federal legislative and administrative actions that will affect the lives of its members

• Assisting member schools in organizing local and national advocacy efforts to bring about lasting changes

The Legislative Concerns Committee is the primary group to tackle these educational laws and policies, but legislative action efforts also occur in the other NAGPS Committees.

For more information on our issues and advocacy resources, please visit our Legislative Action Center.

Annual Revision of the NAGPS Legislative Platform

UPDATE: The 2011 NAGPS Legislative Platform was unanimously approved at the 2010 NAGPS National Conference in Cambridge, MA on November 12th 2010. The NAGPS Legislative Platform will be the guiding hand behind the advocacy efforts of the 2011 NAGPS Legislative Concerns Committee.

Open Call for Legislative Concerns Committee Members!

Please contact the Legislative Concerns Chair, Eli Paster, if you are interested in joining the NAGPS Legislative Concerns Committee. Please review the committee charter as proposed by the 2010 Legislative Concerns Chair. In addition, the activities of the committee are summarized below.

• Monthly teleconferences with the committee to report in and share any legislative issues that may present themselves
• Assisting with keeping track of what is happening on Capitol Hill so NAGPS can provide timely responses
• Assisting the development of white papers, lobbying leave-behind materials, and resolutions for current and future issues
• Working with the NAGPS Regional Chairs to help jump start advocacy efforts at NAGPS member universities
• Assisting with planning for NAGPS semi-annual Legislative Action Days in Washington, D.C.

Legislative Concerns Committee Meetings

Please contact the Legislative Concerns Chair directly to participate in these meetings, these are open to everybody!

Next Meeting:

October 20, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT via Skype - Agenda

Upcoming Meetings: 

October 28, 2011 at 3:45PM MT @ NAGPS National Conference in Boulder, CO

November 17, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT via Skype

December 15, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT via Skype

Previous Meetings:

September 15, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

August 18th, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

July 28th, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

June 16th, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

May 26th, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/7:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

April 21, 2011 at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

March 15, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

February 17, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

February 1, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

December 28, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

November 23, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT via Skype - Meeting Minutes

November 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM ET @ NAGPS National Conference in Cambridge, MA - Agenda - Meeting Power Point