STANCE

York Public Schools is extremely proud to be a part of a legislative advocacy group called STANCE. This group was formed in May 2013. STANCE stands for "Schools Taking Action for Nebraska Children's Education." STANCE is made up of 12 mid-sized districts that work together on trying to help ALL educators in our state to find more common ground and less battle ground.

Our mission statement is "STANCE supports equitable learning opportunities for all Nebraska children.”

STANCE Objectives include:

L Lead the discussion about equity and opportunity in an open and transparent environment, free of lobbying voices who are not superintendents

E Educate policy makers regarding the real effect of policy in clarifying the purpose of state aid formula components

A Advocate for policy that is understandable and predictable, which promotes cooperation and common ground needs of member schools

D Develop and maintain relationships with policy makers based on trust that results in policy supported by best practices of learning

We meet on the last Wednesday of each month at 10:00 AM at the NCSA Building in Lincoln. Our website, https://sites.google.com/site/stancene/, houses all of our meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and documents regarding proposed legislation.

STANCE is currently made up of the following districts:

Chadron Public Schools, Columbus Public Schools, Crete Public Schools, Fairbury Public Schools, Gothenburg Public Schools, Nebraska City Public Schools, Norris Public Schools, Seward Public Schools, South Sioux City Public Schools, Wahoo Public Schools, Waverly Public Schools, and York Public Schools.