 America's Legislators Back to School Program
Top Ten Legislature Participation
America's Legislators Back to School Program has proven to be a great success with legislators, teachers and students. More than 1,400 state legislators participate each year reaching over 320,000 students. The event is designed to teach young people--the nation's future voters and leaders--what it's like to serve as an elected official: the processes, the pressures, and the debate, negotiation and compromise that are the very fabric of representative democracy. By entering the classroom and listening to students' perspectives, legislators are able to initiate a dialogue while letting American youth know that their ideas count.
For a list of the top ten states for legislature participation in America's Legislators Back to School Program per year, please view the articles listed below.
2008-2009
Top Ten Legislature Participation
2007-2008
Top Ten Legislature Participation
2006-2007
Top Ten Legislature Participation
2005-2006
Top Ten Legislature Participation
2004
Legislators Make the Grade, State Legislatures magazine, July/August 2005
2003
Legislators Teach and Learn
2002
America's Legislators Back to School Week, STATESTATS, State Legislatures magazine, March 2003
For further information about America's Legislators Back to School Program, contact Karl Kurtz, Jan Goehring, Joy Heiserman or Joyce Johnson at (303) 364-7700; or send an email to BTSP@ncsl.org.
Updated 10/1/09
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