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Capitol Hill Day Folder

Each Federal Legislative Chair or a designee should email the following hyperlink to our Hill Day Folder to each congressional staffer prior to your arranged meetings: https://www.PTA.org/HillDay

Hill Day Folder

Individual Hill Day Documents

The Capitol Hill Day Folder includes:

Preparing and Navigating Hill Day

View our Capitol Hill Logistics Guide to ensure you are prepared and able to travel efficiently during Hill Day.

Advocacy Awards

Hotel Accommodations

Supplemental Resources by Hill Ask

Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFECs)

Statewide Family Engagement Center one-pager, National PTA
House SFEC Dear Colleague Letter Signatories , FY17 – FY20
Senate SFEC Dear Colleague Letter Signatories, FY17 – FY20
Family Engagement Issue Brief, National PTA
The Center for Family Engagement, National PTA
Why Family Engagement Matters for Student and School Success, National PTA and Global Family Research Project
Statewide Family Engagement Centers Program, U.S. Department of Education
One Size Does Not Fit All: Analyzing Different Approaches to Family-School Communication, Center for American Progress (CAP)
FY21 House SFEC Dear Colleague Letter

School Infrastructure

Infrastructure one-pager, National PTA
Rebuild America’s Schools Act Section by Section Summary, National PTA
2016 State of Our Schools Report, 21^st Century School Fund, National Council on School Facilities and the Center for Green Schools
Schools For Health Report, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
National PTA School Infrastructure Letter to Congressional Leadership, May 17, 2019
House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Moving Forward Framework
It's time to fix our nation's public-school buildings op-ed, The Hill, Nathan Monell and Joann Bartoletti, August 2, 2019
Rebuild America’s Schools Act Cosponsors

School Nutrition

Child Nutrition one-pager, National PTA
Child Nutrition Issue Brief, National PTA
An Introduction to Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Congressional Research Service
Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
Key Points on 2018 Rollback on Healthy Foods
Joint letter opposing rollback of school meal nutrition standards, January 29, 2018
More Pizza And Fries? USDA Proposes To 'Simplify' Obama-Era School Lunch Rules, NPR (Article on 2020 proposed rule)
Key Points on the 2020 Proposed Rule
School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study: Summary of Key Findings, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Joint letter to request $1,000,000 in FY 20 appropriations for technical assistance to aid schools in successful sodium reduction, April 23, 2019
Comprehensive Framework for Addressing the School Nutrition Environment and Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC Healthy Schools
Anti-Lunch Shaming Act One-Pager
Healthy Meal Time Act Dear Colleague letter
Making Time for School Lunch, CDC
School Wellness Policies, National PTA
Local School Wellness Policy, CDC
Anti-Lunch Shaming Act and Healthy Meal Time Act cosponsors
School Food Modernization Act Cosponsors