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NCSL conducts policy research in areas ranging from agriculture and budget and tax issues to education and health care to immigration and transportation. NCSL’s experts are here to answer your questions and give you unbiased, comprehensive information as soon as you need it on issues facing state legislatures. We answer more than 20,000 requests for information a year. 

The conference's consulting services on policy issues go beyond testifying. NCSL helps draft bills, organize workshops and convene legislative-executive teams. NCSL staff are prepared to visit your state to work with legislators and staff on almost any public policy issue or issue related to the management of a legislature. Contact your state’s liaison to schedule a briefing or to learn more.

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Teacher and Principal Policy Toolkit

This policy toolkit provides a wide variety of resources around the recruitment, preparation and retention of educators as well as information on teacher shortages and preparation program terminology.
Education

Mason's Manual 2020 Edition

Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure is a premier parliamentary authority for state legislatures. NCSL follows Paul Mason's tradition of updating and reprinting the book approximately every 10 years.
About State Legislatures

Navigating Ballot Access: Examining the Presidential Eligibility Debate

Colorado and Maine have occupied the national spotlight as the two states to have declared former President Donald Trump ineligible to appear on state primary ballots based on the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But they are not the only states grappling with this question—and other states have decided differently.

Elections
State Legislatures News

Reading Room

The Reading room is a feature of NCSL’s Capitol to Capitol and includes recent reports of interest to those working in state government.
State-Federal

Copayment Adjustment Programs

As of spring 2022, laws in 15 states and Puerto Rico address the use of copay adjustment programs by insurers or PBMs to help patients afford their medications.
Health
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