July 2007
Dear NAFEPA Members:
Congratulations! You have completed the
2006-2007 school year. I hope your year was
a successful one. It seems that the school
years just go by so quickly, and now we get
ready for 2007-08.
One of the highlights
of this month is an article on the
reauthorization of the ESEA legislation (NCLB).
The article was written for NAFEPA,
specifically for NAFEPA, by David De
Schryver, the Legislative Director of the
Brustein and Manasevit Law Firm. David has
done an outstanding job of bringing us the
most up to date information from Capitol
Hill. Along with the update on the
reauthorization, David has provided us with
the items he feels will be in the revised
legislation as well as those that are likely
to be in it. He also tells us about the
items that he believes will NOT be in the
reauthorization of NCLB. This article is
another excellent benefit to NAFEPA from our
ongoing partnership with Brustein and
Manasevit. You will find the article in your
June-July newsletter and on the Members Only
page at this web site.
We are also
highlighting our recently inducted Honorary
and Emeritus Members. Our latest Honorary
Member is Jackie Jackson, from the U. S.
Department of Education. We previously named
Jack Jennings (Center on Education Policy)
and Mary Jean LeTendre (formerly from the U.
S. Department of Education) as our Honorary
Members. Our new Emeritus Members are Mary
Scott (Arkansas) and Leo Brown (Alabama).
Our previously recognized Emeritus Members
are Ambrosio Melendrez (Texas), Iva McCants
(Mississippi), and Carley Ochoa (North
Carolina and California). Information about
all these great contributors to NAFEPA is on
the Members Only page. On that page you will
also find information about the 2007
recipients of the NAFEPA scholarships.
I
have always heard that everything is bigger
in Texas, and the recent membership report
from there proves it. As a result of our new
joint membership for states, we now have 764
members from the Lone Star state. A big
thanks goes to Mitzi Doggett, Gloria
Williams, Debra Baros, and Ambrosio
Melendrez for their hard work in making this
happen! The new joint membership allows
state affiliates to include NAFEPA
membership as part of the membership in
their state organization. Many states have
already elected to utilize the joint
membership bringing our NAFEPA membership
past the 2,500 mark for the first time in
the history of NAFEPA.
Speaking of state
affiliates, three states are taking the
necessary steps to establish state
affiliates (Mary McGrane (Colorado), Bob
Harmon (Washington), and Sandra Pettit
(Missouri), represent their home states on
the NAFEPA Board of Directors, and they are
working hard to develop stronger state
associations. If you are reading this and
you are from one of those states, contact
the state representative as listed at the
top of this page under: LEADERSHIP AND
ORGANIZATION – BOARD OF DIRECTORS. If your
state is not listed or does not have an
established affiliate of NAFEPA, and you are
interested in helping to establish one,
please contact us for additional
information.
I hope you and your family
will find time this summer to kick back a
little and enjoy yourselves. Remember…next
school year is just around the corner.
Bobby Burns, President, NAFEPA
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