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Legislative Action
Leadership
Newsletter
The ND Family Support Project produces a monthly newsletter on
Leadership issues for families and leadership teams in ND.
Copies are available at the links below:
Current
Issue: Publisher file
Word
file
PDF file
2003 Issues:
2002 Issues:
Facts
About the North Dakota
Legislature
- ND's legislature
meets every other year only,
unless a special session is called.
- The legislature
meets at the capitol building
in Bismarck, ND.
- ND's Legislature
has
2 chambers - the house
and the senate.
- The state
legislature redraws its districts
after every federal census.
- Representatives
are
elected to 2-year terms
and senators are each elected to serve 4-year terms.
- Members must be
18
years old, a qualified
voter, and a resident of ND for one year.
To contact the
legislature, check out their
web site: ND Legislative
Branch.
During the interim between sessions, much activity takes place within
legislative
committees. To follow the work of committees by reading their minutes,
go to this web site.
Information
for Families
Families who want to
follow legislation
and find out about potential laws and committee work that may impact
families
are encouraged to use the Legislative
Action Center, maintained by The Arc, Upper Valley. To get further
information, you can subscribe to the Action E-List at the same site
and
receive bulletins and notices about pending action.
Families who want to
get information on
how ND state policies and legislation impact families who are raising
children
with special needs can subscribe to the online newsletter LEADERSHIP by
contacting Cathy Haarstad at 1-800-233-1737 or emailing her at
haarstad@minotstateu.edu
Training
for Families
Families who
want/need more information
about the North Dakota legislature, and its impact on children and
families,
are invited to participate in one of several training programs offered
by various family support groups in North Dakota. These include:
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