Beyond the Bill: Understanding Statehouse Action and It's Impact for School Counselors

Beyond the Bill: Understanding Statehouse Action and It's Impact for School Counselors

Presenter: Heather Fairs / Government Relations Director, OSCA & Amanda Sines / Lobbyist, Government Advantage Group

Description: This session will educate school counselors on the process on how bills become law, action steps for how school counselors can advocate for effective legislation, and provide an update on recent/current legislation that OSCA is tracking that impacts education and the work of school counselors. 

Presenter Information: Heather Fairs is a school counselor with South-Western City Schools and currently serves as the Government Relations Director, which she has led for several years. 

Amanda Sines, Partner Amanda has been involved in state government relations in Columbus, Ohio for nearly 20 years. Amanda began her career in state government by working as a page in both the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate while getting her degree in political science at The Ohio State University. After college, she went to work as an aide to a State Senator, before moving to the private sector in 2004 to work in lobbying. Amanda began her lobbying career working for one of the first female owned independent lobbying firms (Towner Policy Group) where she represented a variety of client interests before the state legislature and Ohio regulatory agencies. In 2015, Ms. Towner retired and soon after Amanda joined Government Advantage Group as a Partner.  Amanda is a Past President of the Ohio Lobbying Association, is a member of the fundraising committee for the Ohio YMCA Youth in Government program and an active member in Ohio Women in Government. Amanda is an Ohio Lobbying Association Certified Lobbyist, successfully completing requirements by the Ohio Lobbying Association “Certified Lobbyist Program”.

Additional Information: Pre-registration is required and will be open through the end of the day on August 19. A Zoom meeting link will be emailed out to all registrants the day before the workshop. A CE certificate will be emailed to those in attendance after the event.

The workshop is free and available to OSCA members only.