Advocacy 101 and State Resources
Advocacy 101
Learn the basic process for making Oregon Laws – the What, Where, When, How, and Why of it all.
Lawmaking in Oregon – vignette
Lawmaking in Oregon – slide deck
Learn how school board members can effectively advocate for their schools.
What can School Board Members Do? – vignette
What can School board Members Do? – slide deck
Learn how an idea becomes a law on the Oregon State Legislative Information System (OLIS).
How Ideas Become Law
Oregon State Legislature Tutorials
The Legislative Policy and Research Office (LPRO) has published the following series of tutorials to help citizens engage in the legislative committee processes remotely:
Where to Start
Find out who represents you
Use the Oregon Legislature’s “Find Your District and Legislators” tool to find who represents you.
Get informed
The first step in effective advocacy is to get informed. The Oregon State Legislature website contains multiple options for finding pertinent information on bills and is an indispensable resource for researching and tracking legislation of interest.
Attend an event
Please consider attending an event hosted by your local Legislator to establish relationships and gain insight on the legislative happenings in your community. Receive alerts of upcoming events and other regional news by subscribing to your Legislator’s newsletter.
Use this step-by-step guide to building relationships with legislators and effectively advocating for your school district: Guide to Education Advocacy.
Digging Deeper
Resources
Find your district and legislators – Use this Oregon Legislature tool to find who represents you.
Oregon State Legislative Information System (OLIS) – The Oregon State Legislature’s information website.
Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast – (DAS – Economic and Revenue Forecast) a listing of current Economic and Revenue Forecasts released by the Department of Administrative Services. These reports are used by state government for budgeting.
Oregon State Government Finance – (DAS – Chief Financial Office) a high-level detail of the state’s budget structure (e.g., general fund, lottery fund, rainy day & education stability fund, and other funds), budget process, and the state spending limit.
Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office – (LFO) a listing of all publications released by the Legislative Fiscal Office can be found under the Publications tab.
Oregon Legislative Policy and Research Office – (LPRO) a listing of all publications released by the Legislative Policy and Research Office can be found under the Research and Analysis tab.
Oregon Legislative Revenue Office – (LRO) a listing of all publications released by the Legislative Revenue Office can be found under the Publications tab.
Legislative Calendar – The Legislature establishes the Legislative Calendar at the previous session’s close through resolution. The Legislative Calendar can be found in the right column of the Chief Clerk of the House webpage of the Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS).
The Governor’s Page – Specific Information from and about Oregon’s governor.
Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) – Searchable index of the Oregon Revised Statutes.
Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) – Searchable index of the Oregon Administrative Rules.
Secretary of State Elections Division – Oregon elections information.
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