Legislative Issues

To monitor legislation and public policy at local, state and national levels which affects children, education and the profession of school psychology.
To advise the Board of the Utah Association of School Psychologists and inform all members of the association concerning legislative and policy issues that affect children, families, education and the profession of school psychology.
To educate and inform interested persons, legislators and policy specialists concerning proposals, issues and policies that affect children, families, education and the profession of school psychology.

State Activities:

The UASP Legislative Affairs Committee maintains a list-serve for the purposes of communicating to members across a wide range of topics and professional issues. The list-serve is located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/utahschoolpsychologyassociation/. You may subscribe to this list-serve by going to the website address and following the directions provided by Yahoo.

National Activities

UASP encourages all members to become familiar with the Public Policy/Advocacy activities of the National Association of School Psychologists. You may read current updates on legislative activities by going to http://www.nasponline.org/advocacy/index.aspx
You may directly contact your Senator or Congressperson regarding a wide variety of educational and mental health issues by using the NASP Advocacy and Action Center at http://capwiz.com/naspweb/home/.